Resolving genomes, particularly plant genomes, is a very complex and error-prone task. This is because there are several copies of all of the chromosomes and they are very alike. A team of bioinformatics researchers from ...
Biotechnology
Sep 21, 2020
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Bioengineers at UC San Diego have shown that human-genome produced RNA is present on the surface of human cells, suggesting a more expanded role for RNA in cell-to-cell and cell-to-environment interactions than previously ...
Cell & Microbiology
Sep 9, 2020
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Researchers have resolved a longstanding biological debate by revealing the existence and function of complex RNA structures in plants.
Plants & Animals
Sep 3, 2020
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DNA three-dimensional structure is determined by a series of spatial rules based on particular protein sequences and their order. This was the finding of a study recently published in Genome Biology by Luca Nanni, Ph.D. student ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Aug 27, 2020
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Current sequencing techniques lack the sensitivity to detect rare gene mutations in a pool of cells, which is particularly important, for example, in early cancer detection. Now, scientists at KAUST have developed an approach, ...
Biotechnology
Aug 26, 2020
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When anthropologist Caroline Arcini and her colleagues at the Swedish Natural Historical Museum discovered small calcifications in the extremely well-preserved lungs of Bishop Peder Winstrup, they knew more investigation ...
Cell & Microbiology
Aug 17, 2020
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Computer systems that emulate key aspects of human problem solving are commonly referred to as artificial intelligence (AI). This field has seen massive progress over the last years. Most notably, deep learning enabled groundbreaking ...
Biotechnology
Aug 4, 2020
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Growth and development of all organisms depends on coordinated regulation of gene expression in time and space, and this is largely controlled by non-coding sequences in the genome. A major challenge in genomics-enabled crop ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 7, 2020
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There are about 75 different types of cells in the human brain. What makes them all different? Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine have developed a new set of computational tools to help answer this question. Although ...
Biotechnology
Jul 1, 2020
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Whilst most organisms try to stop their DNA from mutating, scientists from the UK and China have discovered that a common fungus found on bread actively mutates its own DNA as a way of fighting virus-like infections.
Biotechnology
Jun 22, 2020
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