New genetic test for corn developed by undergraduate students
Reading time: 2 minutes In a leap for agricultural science, a team of University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa…
World’s first AI-designed viruses a step towards AI-generated life
AI-designed bacteriophages were capable of infecting and killing host bacteria. Credit: Lee D. Simon/Science Photo Library Scientists have…
Genetic nurture effects in depressive and anxiety disorders and symptoms, and in related traits
Polderman TJC, Benyamin B, De Leeuw CA, Sullivan PF, Van Bochoven A, Visscher PM, et al. Meta-analysis of…
Scientists Discover Why Alcohol Blocks Liver Regeneration, Even After You Quit
Long-term alcohol consumption causes a breakdown in the liver’s regenerative abilities, thanks to inflammation disrupting the protein-making process,…
Scientists Gather to Confront the Doomsday Risks of ‘Mirror Life’
The prospect of creating “mirror life”—synthetic cells made from molecules that are mirror images of those found in…
Population genetic structure of Chrysomya megacephala (Fabricius) of the Egyptian fauna
Anderson, G. S. & VanLaerhoven, S. L. Initial studies on insect succession on carrion in southwestern British Columbia.…
Programmable antisense oligomers for phage functional genomics
ASO design ASOs were designed to bind at the RBS using the MASON algorithm (https://mason.helmholtz-hiri.de)34 and the NCBI…
UTSW Molecular Biologist Wins Prestigious Columbia Prize for Work on Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy » Dallas Innovates
Eric Olson, Ph.D. [Photo: UTSW] Eric Olson, Ph.D., founding chair of molecular biology at UT Southwestern Medical Center…
David Baltimore dead: Former Caltech president, Nobel winner was 87
In 2003, the Nobel Prize winner David Baltimore, then president of Caltech, paused to reflect on his role…
Gilgo Beach serial killer case a key test in use of advanced DNA techniques in criminal trials | National News
RIVERHEAD, N.Y. (AP) — When Maureen Brainard-Barnes’ skeletal remains were found hidden in the roadside scrub near Long…
How did life get multicellular? Five simple organisms could have the answer
For some three billion years, unicellular organisms ruled Earth. Then, around one billion years ago, a new chapter…
Common Food Additive Solves Decades-Long Neuroscience Problem
Stanford scientists have found an unexpectedly simple way to mass-produce tiny brain-like structures in the lab. This breakthrough…