Production of seedless fruits an underestimated tool for improving food security
Production of seedless fruits an under-estimated tool for improving food security, research shows
Ecology
Nov 11, 2016
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Catching histones by the tail: A new probe to track histone modifications in living cells
Scientists at Tokyo Institute of Technology have developed a sensitive fluorescent antibody probe that specifically detects monomethylation of lysine 20 in histone H4 in living cells. This research has future implications ...
Cell & Microbiology
Sep 12, 2016
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Video: Genetically modified humans? CRISPR/Cas 9 explained
Thanks to a new, cheap and accurate DNA-editing technique called CRISPR-Cas9, targeted genetic modification in humans is no longer just the realm of science fiction. Both the British and U.S. governments recently gave scientists ...
Biotechnology
Sep 6, 2016
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The rapid and highly sophisticated adaptation of asexual pathogens
How can fungi that only multiply vegetatively adapt so quickly to in the immune system of plants? The answer appears to lie in the way how the DNA of an asexual pathogen can rapidly adapt due to 'jumping genes' and also genetic ...
Biotechnology
Aug 25, 2016
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Biochemists feed 'poison pill' to deadly virus with a funny name
It has a funny name - coxsackievirus - but there's nothing funny about how this tiny germ and its close relatives sicken their hosts.
Biochemistry
Jul 15, 2016
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Novel study on histones provides better understanding of gene regulation
Scientists from A*STAR's Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS) have discovered the unique functions of a specific type of histone modification, which may prove crucial in understanding gene regulation and the development of ...
Biotechnology
Jul 11, 2016
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Research exposes prejudice over teachers with northern accents
Trainee teachers with northern accents are under pressure to speak 'the Queen's English' in the classroom, according to a study carried out at The University of Manchester.
Social Sciences
May 12, 2016
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Procedure developed to decode histone changes that point out gene regulation
(Phys.org)—A team of researchers with Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School and the Broad Institute has developed a procedure to decode histone modifications that point out gene regulation. In their paper ...
SynBio—democratizing biotechnology?
In the 1970s a group of enthusiasts met at the Homebrew Computer Club in Silicon Valley to share information about DIY construction of computing devices. Members complained that computers would never become commonplace if ...
Biotechnology
May 9, 2016
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What's the right question to ask about GMOs?
I would argue that the source of a transgene and its method of introduction are irrelevant to the safety of the resulting plant. A gene is a gene — it is a sequence of DNA and, as a molecule, DNA has zero chance of ...
Biotechnology
Apr 27, 2016
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