Nanopore technology shows promise for making it possible to develop small, portable, inexpensive devices that can sequence DNA in real time. One of the challenges, however, has been to make the technology more accurate.
Biotechnology
Apr 29, 2021
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In a recently published study, investigators from Norwich and Surrey have more than doubled the number of microbial species known to live in the chicken gut. As the health and wealth of humans is tied to the health and productivity ...
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 13, 2021
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An international team of researchers led by computer scientists at the University of California San Diego have identified 163 variable number tandem repeats (VNTRs) that actively regulate gene expression. In a paper published ...
Biotechnology
Apr 12, 2021
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University of Georgia ecologists Mary and Byron "Bud" Freeman are being recognized for their contributions to freshwater science in the most fitting way possible—with the naming of a newly discovered fish species in their ...
Plants & Animals
Apr 8, 2021
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DNA sequencing has become so common, few realize how hard it is to even extract a single molecule of DNA from a biological sample.
Bio & Medicine
Apr 6, 2021
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Keck Graduate Institute (KGI) Assistant Professor and University of California, Berkeley Visiting Scientist Dr. Kiana Aran first introduced the CRISPR-Chip technology in 2019. Now just two years later, she has expanded on ...
Biotechnology
Apr 5, 2021
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In recent years, advancements in DNA sequencing have exposed a large amount of hidden diversity in reef-building corals: species that appear identical to one another but are genetically distinct. Typically ignored as they ...
Plants & Animals
Apr 2, 2021
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In preparation for cell division, cells need to replicate the DNA that they contain. A team of researchers from TU Delft, collaborating with investigators from the Francis Crick Institute in London, has now shown that the ...
Cell & Microbiology
Mar 30, 2021
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Researchers find that the earliest bacteria had the tools to perform a crucial step in photosynthesis, changing how we think life evolved on Earth.
Plants & Animals
Mar 17, 2021
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The sperm of older rats differs from that of younger rats in ways that may affect embryo development, according to recently published research.
Evolution
Mar 16, 2021
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