Turning plants into biological factories
Genetic manipulation has come a long way.
Genetic manipulation has come a long way.
Biotechnology
Jan 6, 2023
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By studying how enzymes move from one membrane compartment to another inside a cell, scientists at the University of Illinois Chicago have figured out a way to better target cellular proteins, which play a role in many diseases.
Biochemistry
Feb 15, 2023
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Scientists of Helmholtz Zentrum München and Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich (LMU) have discovered that two new classes of histone modifications couple cellular metabolism to gene activity. The study was published ...
Cell & Microbiology
Oct 24, 2017
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In a study published in Nature, Dirk Schübeler and his group at the Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research (FMI) describe how the interplay between transcription factors and epigenetic modifications of DNA ...
Cell & Microbiology
Dec 16, 2015
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Protein activity is strictly regulated. Incorrect or poor protein regulation can lead to uncontrolled growth and thus cancer or chronic inflammation. Members of the Institute of Veterinary Biochemistry and Molecular Biology ...
Cell & Microbiology
Mar 10, 2013
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(Phys.org)—The same "green revolution" concepts that have revolutionized crop agriculture and helped to feed billions of people around the world may now offer similar potential in forestry, scientists say, with benefits ...
Ecology
Sep 27, 2012
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Chinese scientists from BGI together with the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), and Shihezi University, Xinjiang province, made a significant breakthrough in animal cloning. ...
Biotechnology
Apr 19, 2012
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Scientists at EMBL Rome unveil the mechanism behind the most studied epigenetic modification.
Biotechnology
Jun 11, 2020
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The trifecta of biological proof is to take a discovery made in a simple model organism like baker's yeast and track down its analogs or homologs in "higher" creatures right up the complexity scale to people, in this case, ...
Cell & Microbiology
Dec 5, 2011
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According to the World Food Program, some 795 million people – one in nine people on earth – don't have enough food to lead a healthy active life. That will only get worse with the next global food crisis, predicted to ...
Biotechnology
Jul 6, 2015
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