To combat viruses, bacteria and other pathogens, synthetic biology offers new technological approaches whose performance is being validated in experiments. Researchers from the Würzburg Helmholtz Institute for RNA-based ...
Biotechnology
Jan 11, 2024
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Sequencing all of the RNA in a cell can reveal a great deal of information about that cell's function and what it is doing at a given point in time. However, the sequencing process destroys the cell, making it difficult to ...
Biotechnology
Jan 10, 2024
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Protecting plants efficiently against pests without harming other organisms—this is the objective of the joint research project ViVe_Beet, which is coordinated by the Julius Kühn Institute (JKI). Scientists from the JKI ...
Biotechnology
Jan 2, 2024
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A research team from the Cancer Science Institute of Singapore (CSI Singapore) at the National University of Singapore (NUS) has successfully harnessed artificial intelligence (AI) and deep-learning techniques to model atomic-level ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Dec 21, 2023
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A new study published in the International Journal of Biological Macromolecules has identified the regulatory mechanism of sex differentiation in the important cultured fish, the spotted knifejaw (X1X1X2X2/X1X2Y).
Plants & Animals
Dec 18, 2023
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The genetic alphabet contains just four letters, referring to the four nucleotides, the biochemical building blocks that comprise all DNA. Scientists have long wondered whether it's possible to add more letters to this alphabet ...
Biotechnology
Dec 14, 2023
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Important signaling molecules called phospholipids are active throughout cells in small compartments called condensates, rather than functioning primarily in cell membranes as previously thought, according to a study from ...
Cell & Microbiology
Dec 14, 2023
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In a study published in Nature Communications, Prof. Chao Yanjie's group at the Institute of Shanghai Institute of Immunity and Infection of the Chinese Academy of Sciences reported a novel RNA interactome profiling technology ...
Cell & Microbiology
Dec 11, 2023
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Spatial transcriptomics (ST) emerges as a pivotal technique for cataloging gene expression across tissue sections while retaining crucial locational data.
Molecular & Computational biology
Nov 30, 2023
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Spain produces 50% of the world's cork and 30% of all cork stoppers. Cork is a natural polymer which has been a crucial element used to seal bottles, being of great importance for the wine industry. However, a major challenge ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Nov 29, 2023
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