Can happiness be inherited?
A new article published in Elsevier's journal Bioscience Hypotheses suggests that our feelings in our lifetime can affect our children.
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Researchers find reproductive germ cells survive and thrive in transplants, even among species
Reproductive researchers from the University of Pennsylvania and The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia have succeeded in isolating and transplanting pure populations of the immature cells that enable male reproduction in ...
Cell & Microbiology
Dec 15, 2009
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One step closer to artificial rhino eggs
To prevent the extinction of the northern white rhino, the international consortium BioRescue is attempting to create artificial egg cells from stem cells. A team led by MDC's Sebastian Diecke and Micha Drukker of Leiden ...
Ecology
Mar 10, 2022
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Inherent feminizing effect of germ cells—new insights into sex determination
Nagoya University-led study shows for the first time germ cells have an inherent property to feminize the body in teleost fish, medaka.
Biotechnology
Mar 30, 2018
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A key process in asymmetric cell division preserves the immortality of the germline
During cell division, chromosomes are replicated into two copies—one for each daughter cell. These copies, called sister chromatids, are usually considered identical. In fact, it's the two pairs of sister chromatids that ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Jul 28, 2022
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Scientists create germ cell-supporting embryonic Sertoli-like cells from skin cells
Using a stepwise trans-differentiation process, Whitehead Institute researchers have turned skin cells into embryonic Sertoli-like cells.
Cell & Microbiology
Sep 6, 2012
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Microbe detective seeks out germs
Microorganisms are everywhere and most of them are harmless, but they can do a lot of damage in the manufacture of pharmaceuticals or in tissue transplants. With the aid of a new device, germs can be detected in artificial ...
Analytical Chemistry
Mar 19, 2010
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Wet ethanol production process yields more ethanol and more co-products
Using a wet ethanol production method that begins by soaking corn kernels rather than grinding them, results in more gallons of ethanol and more usable co-products, giving ethanol producers a bigger bang for their buck - ...
Biochemistry
Nov 9, 2009
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Bile acid improves intrauterine growth retardation metabolism in piglets
Intrauterine growth retardation (IUGR), defined as the impaired growth and development of a mammalian embryo/fetus or fetal organs during pregnancy, is a major concern in pig farming. IUGR animals exhibit impaired growth ...
Veterinary medicine
Dec 30, 2022
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Different recombination rates keep highly selfish genes in check
The hamlet fish can be both the father and mother of its offspring – a characteristic that is helping researchers to understand why genes often undergo recombination more readily in one sex.
Cell & Microbiology
Jan 18, 2017
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