One of the most fascinating discoveries in biology is that cells have mechanisms for dynamically regulating genetic expression. This ability to promote or restrict the transcription of specific genes without altering the ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 10, 2024
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New research from La Trobe has identified ways to create more consistent seed growth across a season, ensuring bigger harvest yields for crop growers.
Cell & Microbiology
Sep 10, 2024
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Researchers at the University of Chicago Medicine Comprehensive Cancer Center have developed a nanomedicine that increases the penetration and accumulation of chemotherapy drugs in tumor tissues and effectively kills cancer ...
Bio & Medicine
Sep 10, 2024
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Recently, a collaborative research team led by Prof. Wang Hui and Prof. Qian Junchao from Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences designed a catalytically active, photoresponsive, Fe-doped ...
Bio & Medicine
Sep 10, 2024
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An international team of scientists has developed a method to measure biological aging with unparalleled precision that has the potential to change the way we approach aging and age-related diseases.
Cell & Microbiology
Sep 10, 2024
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A decade ago, Raquel Espin Palazon discovered that inflammatory signaling pathways must switch on for embryos to produce blood stem cells. The latest work from her lab shows the potential value of keeping those same signals ...
Cell & Microbiology
Sep 9, 2024
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Every living organism uses tiny quantities of metals to carry out biological functions, including breathing, transcribing DNA, turning food into energy, or any number of essential life processes.
Earth Sciences
Sep 9, 2024
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Inside a UC Davis engineering lab, tiny round pellets swirl in a brown liquid inside a 5-liter glass tank. The tank, a bioreactor, is brewing edible fungi high in protein and designed to look and taste like meat.
Biotechnology
Sep 9, 2024
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To accelerate biotechnology innovations, such as the development of lifesaving drug therapies, scientists strive to develop faster, more quantitative and more widely available ways to observe biomolecules in living cells.
Biochemistry
Sep 9, 2024
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Eukaryotic cells are complex biological units, each with multiple membrane-bound compartments. These cells use specialized mechanisms to export biomolecules from their synthesis site to where they function.
Cell & Microbiology
Sep 9, 2024
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