Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have taken a big step in solving the mystery around why animals evolve sex chromosomes. It had long been proposed that sex chromosomes evolved to reduce "sexual conflict," the ...
Evolution
Aug 5, 2024
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A biochemical breakthrough using simple carbon atoms, by Ken Yamada, Ph.D., and Anastasia Khvorova, Ph.D., has dramatically improved the stability and efficacy of a potential oligonucleotide therapeutic platform in mice. ...
Biotechnology
Aug 5, 2024
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Betula ermanii, a tree species native to the high mountains in Japan and the cold and snowy regions of Russia, is usually tetraploid (possessing four genome sets). However, the species found on Shikoku Island and Kii Peninsula ...
Plants & Animals
Aug 5, 2024
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Melanin protects the skin—the body's largest organ and a vital component of the immune system—from the damaging effects of ultraviolet (UV) radiation. When the skin is exposed to UV radiation, melanin production is stimulated ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Aug 5, 2024
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A team led by Professor Seo Dae-ha of the Department of Physics and Chemistry at DGIST has developed new real-time microscopy technology and successfully observed the behavior of "motor proteins," which may hold the key to ...
Cell & Microbiology
Aug 5, 2024
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Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have developed a novel compound that effectively clears bacterial infections in mice, including those that can result in rare but potentially fatal "flesh-eating" ...
Cell & Microbiology
Aug 2, 2024
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The process by which phages—viruses that infect and replicate within bacteria—enter cells has been studied for over 50 years. In a new study, researchers from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and Texas A&M ...
Cell & Microbiology
Aug 2, 2024
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It's about to get easier to catch and analyze a high-quality image of fast-moving molecules. Assistant Professor Ioannis Sgouralis, Department of Mathematics, and colleagues have developed an algorithm that adds a new level ...
Biotechnology
Aug 2, 2024
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Wild boars and red junglefowl gave rise to common pigs and chickens. These animals' genes evolved to express themselves differently, leading to signatures of domestication—such as weaker bones and better viral resistance—in ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Aug 2, 2024
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University of Maryland researcher Cheng-Yu Li was in the lab one day when he noticed a fish with a protruding jaw: A telltale sign that it was incubating eggs in its mouth, keeping its offspring safe until they were big enough ...
Ecology
Aug 2, 2024
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