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Jun 9, 2024

Most Life on Earth is Dormant, After Pulling an ‘Emergency Brake’

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When the going gets tough, many microbes go dormant.


Many microbes and cells are in deep sleep, waiting for the right moment to activate. Biologists discovered a widespread protein that abruptly shuts down a cell’s activity — and turns it back on just as fast.

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