Throughout the history of RNA research, one can immediately notice a significant breakthrough during 2007 and 2008, in which several groups independently reported the discovery of intact noncoding RNA (ncRNA) sequences in ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jan 2, 2024
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In 2033, NASA and China plan to send the first crewed missions to Mars. These missions will launch every two years when Earth and Mars are at the closest points in their orbits (Mars Opposition). It will take these missions ...
Space Exploration
Jan 26, 2023
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A vast number of biological reactions occur inside cells, generating various byproducts. Some of these can be highly reactive molecules, and if they build up inside cells they can cause stress and damage. One class of these ...
Cell & Microbiology
Oct 31, 2022
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In nature, there is a constant evolutionary battle between microbes and their hosts, during which many bacteria secrete specific proteins into the host's cells, aiming to alter its physiology while increasing pestiferous ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 3, 2022
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Many disease-causing bacteria are able to inhibit the defense mechanisms in plants and thus escape dissolution by the plant cell, a process known as xenophagy. Animal and human cells have a similar mechanism whereby the cell's ...
Plants & Animals
May 31, 2022
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A research group led by Prof. Piao Hailong from the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics (DICP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) uncovered a new function of growth factor Midkine to suppress the Liver Kinase B1 / ...
Cell & Microbiology
May 12, 2022
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A group of scientists in Brazil and the United States has revealed the role played by certain structures in intermediating communication among individual fungi of the same species. The discovery, detailed in an article published in ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Mar 30, 2022
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A research group led by Prof. YANG Hui from the Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology (SIAT) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences reported a novel nanofluidic device for high-throughput preparation of exosome-based drug ...
Bio & Medicine
Sep 6, 2021
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NUS biologists have discovered the mechanism of how light regulates stomatal production on the leaf surface, a process critical for the adaptation and fitness of plants.
Plants & Animals
Aug 3, 2021
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Mitochondria are cellular organelles that generate most of the energy cells need to function, and thus play an important role in maintaining cell health. In a new study, researchers from Osaka University discovered a novel ...
Biotechnology
Dec 21, 2020
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