Who's patenting whose genome?
An international project has developed a free and open public resource that will bring much-needed transparency to the murky and contentious world of gene patenting.
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Turning algae into biofuels
Pecos is usually egg-frying hot, bone dry and much of the groundwater is brackish, but Texas A&M AgriLife Research personnel know the area is prime real estate for conducting algae research, something they've ...
Dec 06, 2013
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The gene sequencing that everyone can afford in future
DNA sequencing is important to science. While Professor Qian Linmao and his group from Tribology Research Institute, Southwest Jiaotong University, were working on the optimization of the third-generation ...
Dec 06, 2013
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Ramping up pterostilbene in crops
A team of U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists has developed a way to boost production of a beneficial plant compound called pterostilbene.
Dec 06, 2013
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New method of DNA editing allows synthetic biologists to unlock secrets of a bacterial genome
A group of University of Illinois researchers, led by Centennial Chair Professor of the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Huimin Zhao, has demonstrated the use of an innovative DNA engineering technique ...
Dec 05, 2013
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New genetic research finds shark, human proteins stunningly similar
Despite widespread fascination with sharks, the world's oldest ocean predators have long been a genetic mystery. The first deep dive into a great white shark's genetic code has fished up big surprises behind ...
Dec 05, 2013
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Crop-infecting virus uses aphids as carrier
(Phys.org) —University of Cambridge researchers have shown that viruses use aphids as pawns, discouraging the insects from permanently settling on already-infected crops and using this forced migration ...
Dec 05, 2013
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Genomic research targets fruit pest
(Phys.org) —The spotted wing drosophila, a major pest that targets berries and cherries and other fruits in the United States, Canada and Europe, is itself being targeted, thanks to groundbreaking genome ...
Dec 04, 2013
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The first decade: Team reports on US trials of bioenergy grasses
The first long-term U.S. field trials of Miscanthus x giganteus, a towering perennial grass used in bioenergy production, reveal that its exceptional yields, though reduced somewhat after five years of gro ...
Dec 04, 2013
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Scientists unearth secrets of Perigord truffles, the culinary 'black diamond'
Just in time for the holidays when cooks in France and elsewhere will be slipping bits of the coveted black Périgord truffle under their turkeys' skin for a luxurious flavor, scientists are revealing the ...
Dec 04, 2013
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Growing hydroponic strawberries in the desert
Growing up in Tokyo, Chieri Kubota savored fresh strawberries brimming with flavor in the winter. Only when she went to college and studied agriculture did she learn that fresh strawberries in winter are ...
Dec 04, 2013
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Scientists discover wonder rice gene
Scientists have discovered a wonder rice gene that could dramatically increase yields of one of the world's most important food crops, the International Rice Research Institute said Tuesday.
Dec 03, 2013
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Feverfew genes yield anticancer compounds
The tobacco-like plant Nicotiana benthamiana can be used to produce potential anti-cancer drugs. Researchers of Wageningen UR (University & Research centre) discovered which genes in the herb feverfew are ...
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How onions recognize when to bulb
New research from New Zealand will help to breed new onions tailored to grow in specific conditions.
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'Designer sperm' inserts custom genes into offspring
Get ready: The "new genetics" promises to change faulty genes of future generations by introducing new, functioning genes using "designer sperm." A new research report appearing online in The FASEB Journal, shows that introd ...
Dec 02, 2013
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Secrets to 'extreme adaptation' found in Burmese python genome
The Burmese python's ability to ramp up its metabolism and enlarge its organs to swallow and digest prey whole can be traced to unusually rapid evolution and specialized adaptations of its genes and the way ...
Dec 02, 2013
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Detailed image shows how genomes are copied
For the first time, researchers at Umeå University have succeeded in showing how the DNA polymerase epsilon enzyme builds new genomes. The detailed image produced by these researchers shows how mutations ...
Dec 02, 2013
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Cotton breeding researchers take giant leap
Narrow germplasm base and limited technology have made it difficult for cotton researchers to identify specific DNA markers needed to locate genes that confer desirable traits. But that's no longer the case.
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Illinois initiative creates futuristic facility
Through the CompGen initiative, the University's Institute for Genomic Biology and the Coordinated Science Laboratory in the College of Engineering are bringing together top faculty in genomic and computational ...
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Human stem cells converted to functional lung cells
For the first time, scientists have succeeded in transforming human stem cells into functional lung and airway cells. The advance, reported by Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) researchers, has significant ...
Dec 01, 2013
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Protecting vital crops in China
Evidence of disease in oilseed rape crops across China and how it may spread has been mapped by researchers led by the University of Hertfordshire - providing new strategic information on crop protection to the Chinese government.
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Researchers find a missing component in effort to create primitive, synthetic cells
A team of Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) investigators working to create "protocells" – primitive synthetic cells consisting of a nucleic acid strand encased within a membrane-bound compartment – ...
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Quantitative approaches provide new perspective on development of antibiotic resistance
Using quantitative models of bacterial growth, a team of UC San Diego biophysicists has discovered the bizarre way by which antibiotic resistance allows bacteria to multiply in the presence of antibiotics, a growing health ...
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By targeting enzyme in mosquito-borne parasite, researchers aim to eliminate malaria
Using advanced methodologies that pit drug compounds against specific types of malaria parasite cells, an international team of scientists, including researchers at the University of California, San Diego ...
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More than bread and beer: The National Collection of Yeast Cultures
Yeasts are one of the earliest, if not the earliest, biological tools used by people. The earliest known written words in human history document recipes for making bread and beer, both of which are made using ...
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Apple wants Samsung to pay $22M for legal bills
Apple wants Samsung Electronics to pay $22 million of the legal bills that the iPhone and iPad maker has rung up so far defending its mobile device patents in a courtroom battle.
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Pacific tuna cutbacks 'fall short of expectations'
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Time warp: Researchers show possibility of cloning quantum information from the past
(Phys.org) —Popular television shows such as "Doctor Who" have brought the idea of time travel into the vernacular of popular culture. But problem of time travel is even more complicated than one might think. LSU's Mark ...
Chinese scientists reveal the genomic enigma of desert poplar
In a collaborative study, researchers from Lanzhou University, BGI and other institutes have succeeded in unraveling the whole genome sequence of desert poplar, Populus euphratica, and the genetic bases underlying poplar ...
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Plants have a love-hate relationship with sunlight. While some wavelengths are indispensable to them for performing photosynthesis, others, such as UV-B, are deleterious. Therefore, plants are equipped to detect these highly ...
Chromosomes show off their shapes
Chromosomes – the 46 tightly-wrapped packages of genetic material in our cells – are iconically depicted as X-shaped formations. However, those neat X's only appear when a cell is about to divide and the entire contents ...
New genomic study provides a glimpse of how whales could adapt to ocean
In a paper published in Nature Genetics, researchers from Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology, Korea Genome Research Foundation, BGI, and other institutes presented the first high-depth minke whale genome and th ...
Lupin prospects improve with pinpointed disease causation
The cause of a disease affecting the local lupin industry has been discovered in PhD research at UWA's Institute of Agriculture.
Researchers engineer breakthrough for biofuel production
(Phys.org) —Researchers at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego have developed a method for greatly enhancing biofuel production in tiny marine algae.
Two human proteins found to affect how 'jumping gene' gets around
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Two Y genes can replace the entire Y chromosome for assisted reproduction in mice
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Humans not smarter than animals, just different, experts say
(Phys.org) —Humans have been deceiving themselves for thousands of years that they're smarter than the rest of the animal kingdom, despite growing evidence to the contrary, according to University of Adelaide ...
'Spooky action' builds a wormhole between 'entangled' quantum particles
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Scientists build a low-cost, open-source 3-D metal printer
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Ex-NASA expert issues call for climate solutions
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Quantum dots with confined light holes could have applications in quantum technologies
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Creation of entanglement simultaneously gives rise to a wormhole
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Massive black hole duo: Possible sighting by WISE
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New highly efficient thermoelectronic generator
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Brine linked to glacial health
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Monkey flower see, monkey flower do: Model plant's legacy highlights gene-shuffling hotspots
(Phys.org) —Genomic variation is a feature of all natural populations and is vitally important in order to survive changes in their environments. Genetic variation among individuals, to which DNA recombination ...
Aging erodes genetic control, but that's flexible
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