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GeneMAP discovery platform will help define functions for 'orphan' metabolic...
Researchers have developed a discovery platform to probe the function of genes involved in metabolism -- the sum of all life-sustaining chemical reactions. The investigators used the new platform,...
View ArticleGenomic data integration improves prediction accuracy of apple fruit traits
Genotyping techniques can be used to select fruit trees with desired traits at the seedling stage, increasing the efficiency of fruit tree breeding. However, so far, there are multiple different...
View ArticleNew bio-based tool quickly detects concerning coronavirus variants
Researchers have developed a bioelectric device that can detect and classify new variants of coronavirus to identify those that are most harmful. It has the potential to do the same with other viruses,...
View ArticleNew one-step method to make multiple edits to a cell's genome
A team of scientists have developed a new method that enables them to make precise edits in multiple locations within a cell -- all at once. Using molecules called retrons, they created a tool that can...
View ArticleBig gain in battle against harmful bacteria
An unexpected find has enabled important progress to be made in the battle against harmful bacteria.
View ArticlePhage-derived enzyme targets E. faecalis biofilms to mitigate acute...
Acute graft-versus-host disease occurs when donor immune cells attack the recipient's tissues after an allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HCT). Researchers recently identified a...
View ArticleNot so simple: Mosses and ferns offer new hope for crop protection
Mosses, liverworts, ferns and algae may offer an exciting new research frontier in the global challenge of protecting crops from the threat of disease.
View ArticleAtlas of proteins reveals inner workings of cells
Researchers discover how proteins behave inside cells using AI, which has the potential to guide drug design.
View ArticlePumpkin disease not evolving, could make a difference for management
The pathogen that causes bacterial spot is very good at what it does. Forming small lesions on the rinds of pumpkins, melons, cucumbers, and other cucurbits, it mars the fruits' appearance and ushers...
View ArticleNovel genome editing approach restores hearing in adult preclinical models...
Researchers restored hearing in preclinical mouse models with a specific form of inherited deafness called DFNA50 caused by mutations in microRNA, by using a novel in vivo CRISPR genome editing...
View ArticleFirst ever 3D reconstruction of 52,000-year-old woolly mammoth chromosomes...
An international research team has assembled the genome and 3D chromosomal structures of a 52,000-year-old woolly mammoth -- the first time such a feat has been achieved for any ancient DNA sample. The...
View ArticleOpening the right doors: 'Jumping gene' control mechanisms revealed
International joint research led by Akihisa Osakabe and Yoshimasa Takizawa of the University of Tokyo has clarified the molecular mechanisms in thale cresses (Arabidopsis thaliana) by which the DDM1...
View ArticleHow plant cold specialists can adapt to the environment
Evolutionary biologists studied spoonworts to determine what influence genome duplication has on the adaptive potential of plants. The results show that polyploids -- species with more than two sets of...
View ArticleInsight into one of life's earliest ancestors revealed in new study
Researchers have shed light on Earth's earliest ecosystem, showing that within a few hundred million years of planetary formation, life on Earth was already flourishing.
View ArticleA better way to make RNA drugs
RNA drugs are the next frontier of medicine, but manufacturing them requires an expensive and labor-intensive process that limits production and produces metric tons of toxic chemical waste....
View ArticleBig boost for new epigenetics paradigm: CoRSIVs, first discovered in humans,...
A study opens new possibilities to improve production efficiency in the cattle industry and potentially animal agriculture more broadly.
View ArticleBuilding a roadmap to bioengineer plants that produce their own nitrogen...
Nitrogen fertilizers make it possible to feed the world's growing population, but they are also costly adn harm ecosystems. However, a few plants have evolved the ability to acquire their own nitrogen...
View ArticleE. coli variant may cause antimicrobial resistance in dogs, humans
Researchers studying antimicrobial-resistant E. coli -- the leading cause of human death due to antimicrobial resistance worldwide -- have identified a mechanism in dogs that may render multiple...
View ArticleAncient microbes offer clues to how complex life evolved
Researchers have discovered that a single-celled organism, a close relative of animals, harbors the remnants of ancient giant viruses woven into its own genetic code. This finding sheds light on how...
View ArticleImmune system in the spotlight
Our immune system is always on alert, detecting and eliminating pathogens and cancer cells. Cellular control mechanisms cause diseased cells to present antigens on their surface like signs for the...
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