Artificial intelligence has exploded across our news feeds, with ChatGPT and related AI technologies becoming the focus of broad public scrutiny. Beyond popular chatbots, biologists are finding ways to leverage AI to probe ...
Biotechnology
May 19, 2023
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RNA (ribonucleic acid) editing is an important process for maintaining essential functions of encoded proteins at the RNA level. Recent studies show that RNA editing is a widespread phenomenon that occurs in various land ...
Plants & Animals
May 9, 2023
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Plants provide almost every calorie of food we eat. Grains like rice, wheat and corn make civilization possible. For millennia, farmers have bred grains, fruit and vegetable varieties to get larger harvests and plants better ...
Ecology
May 8, 2023
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Hundreds of scientific studies have been conducted over the years to find the genes underlying common human traits, from eye color to intelligence and physical and mental illnesses.
Evolution
Apr 27, 2023
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Single-cell RNA-sequencing (scRNA-seq) technologies offer the opportunity to understand regulatory mechanisms at single-cell resolution. Gene regulatory networks (GRNs) provide a crucial blueprint of regulatory mechanisms ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Apr 27, 2023
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The protein PKMzeta is known to be associated with long-term memory formation. Neurological disorders such Alzheimer's disease, as well as depression and aging, correlate with reduced levels of this protein in the brain. ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Apr 18, 2023
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The completion of the full "telomere-to-telomere" (T2T) human genome last year emphasized that genome sequences that were previously thought to be "complete" were not, in fact, complete at all.
Molecular & Computational biology
Apr 5, 2023
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Stanford University researchers have developed a computational method for identifying where cells are situated in a sample when capturing spatial transcriptomics. The method combines data from spatial transcriptions and a ...
A mystery about how a chemical compound found in nature could be synthesized in the lab may have been solved, scientists say—a breakthrough that could unlock new developments in medicine.
Biochemistry
Mar 10, 2023
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The DNA sequence of a gene in wheat responsible for resisting a devastating virus has been discovered, providing vital clues for managing more resistant crops and maintaining a healthy food supply.
Molecular & Computational biology
Mar 6, 2023
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