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Stem cell study paves way for manufacturing cultured meat
Scientists have for the first time obtained stem cells from livestock that grow under chemically defined conditions, paving the way for manufacturing cell cultured meat and breeding enhanced livestock.
Cell & Microbiology
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Protein structural dynamics underlie their evolution and adaptability over the centuries
"How does nature utilize the common repertoire of folds in proteins to differentiate their specificity, and ultimately their function?" This long-standing and fundamental question was addressed in a study conducted at the ...
Cell & Microbiology
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'Unfreezing' molecular proteins to discover their functions in action
A team of researchers from Weill Cornell Medical School's Department of Physiology and Biophysics has developed a new computational technique to conduct molecular dynamics simulations of proteins at the specific concentration ...
Cell & Microbiology
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Mating, tattoos and leaving home: A tale of growing up guppy
Nature is full of big questions that are easy to ask and hard to answer. With some good old-fashioned hard work and help from a humble, gilled vertebrate, though, Michigan State University's Sarah Fitzpatrick and Isabela ...
Evolution
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Researchers call for standards for biological imaging
Stained molecules in the cell nucleus, the inner life of a synaptic cleft, or the surface of a floral leaf: Modern microscopes enable researchers to examine processes that are otherwise invisible and located in tiniest structures ...
Cell & Microbiology
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How satellite collars are paving the way for smarter saiga antelope conservation
"It is hard now to even imagine how we could protect saiga without the use of satellite telemetry," says Albert Salemgareyev from the Association for the Conservation of Biodiversity of Kazakhstan (ACBK), in-country partner ...
Plants & Animals
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Thousands of turtles lay eggs on Nicaraguan coast
Thousands of sea turtles laid their eggs on Nicaragua's coast over the weekend under the watchful eye of the army, which protects the nests from possible predators—including humans.
Ecology
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Montana seeks to end protections for Glacier-area grizzlies
Montana is asking the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to lift threatened species protections for grizzly bears in the northern portion of the state, including areas in and around Glacier National Park, officials said Monday.
Ecology
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CRISPRing the microbiome is just around the corner
To date, CRISPR enzymes have been used to edit the genomes of one type of cell at a time: They cut, delete or add genes to a specific kind of cell within a tissue or organ, for example, or to one kind of microbe growing in ...
Cell & Microbiology
17 hours ago
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Pen-side test for bovine respiratory disease may save cattle industry millions, reduce antibiotic use
Sous-vide cooking has inspired an idea that took promising technology out of the lab and into the barn. Researchers at Purdue University have successfully developed an on-site bovine respiratory disease test that provides ...
Plants & Animals
18 hours ago
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Coral reefs of western Indian Ocean at risk of collapse: study
Rising sea temperatures and overfishing threaten coral reefs in the western Indian Ocean with complete collapse in the next 50 years, according to a groundbreaking study of these marine ecosystems.
Ecology
19 hours ago
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Visualising cell structures in three dimensions in mere minutes
Viral pathogens like the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus change the interior structure of the cells they infect. These changes occur at the level of individual cell components—the organelles—and can provide information on how ...
Molecular & Computational biology
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Examining the neurotoxin from a black widow
Phobias are often irrational by nature—especially in the case of spiders, as these creatures are usually more afraid of humans than vice-versa. But: some species are a force to be reckoned with—for example, the Latrodectus ...
Plants & Animals
21 hours ago
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Transcriptional control of mycobacterial DNA damage response by sigma adaptation
A recent study by the Weber-Ban and Ban groups (IMBB) published in Science Advances uncovers that the master regulator of the DNA damage response in mycobacteria, PafBC, leverages a unique mechanism of transcriptional activation ...
Molecular & Computational biology
19 hours ago
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Tigers ending their days in high-pressure cookers
More tigers now live in illegal captivity, on so-called "tiger farms," than in the wild. The prominence of these farms is highest in Vietnam, China and Thailand. On the farms, tigers are raised as livestock for the sole purpose ...
Plants & Animals
21 hours ago
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Burrowing critters increase risk of levee failure
Researchers have developed a new method to estimate the risk of levee failure and flooding from burrowing animals like badgers and porcupines.
Plants & Animals
21 hours ago
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Global database of plants reveals human activity biggest driver of homogenization of plant communities
Species extinction, the introduction of non-native plants, climate change, and pollution are all major drivers of changes in biological communities due to human activity. Though these patterns have been well studied, most ...
Plants & Animals
21 hours ago
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Migratory birds have lighter-colored feathers
Migratory birds are specially adapted to find their way over extreme distances that represent remarkable tests of endurance. Now, researchers reporting December 6 in the journal Current Biology have discovered an unexpected ...
Plants & Animals
22 hours ago
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Big gaps in quest to sequence genomes of all animals
Efforts to sequence the genomes of the world's animals tend to focus on those that most resemble humans with the work conducted almost entirely in the Global North, according to an analysis led by Washington State University.
Plants & Animals
23 hours ago
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How effective are honey bees as pollinators?
Honeybees are celebrated as effective plant pollinators, but just how effective are they? Newly published UC Davis research in the American Journal of Botany yields some surprising results.
Plants & Animals
22 hours ago
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