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Plants & Animals Sep 26, 2024

Scientists uncover a critical component that helps killifish regenerate their fins

Spontaneous injuries like the loss of a limb or damage to the spinal cord are impossible for humans to repair. Yet, some animals have an extraordinary capacity to regenerate after injury, a response that requires a precise ...

Biotechnology Sep 25, 2024

CRISPR-Cas13: A new frontier in RNA-editing with therapeutic potential

In recent years, the scientific community has made significant strides in the field of gene editing, particularly through the development of the CRISPR (Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats) systems.

Biotechnology Sep 24, 2024

Increasing protein in staple crops could help alleviate global protein shortage

A Mississippi State biologist's research in improving global nutrition and sustainability is featured this week in New Phytologist.

Biotechnology Sep 23, 2024

Compact 'gene scissors' enable effective genome editing, may offer future treatment of high cholesterol gene defect

CRISPR-Cas is used broadly in research and medicine to edit, insert, delete or regulate genes in organisms. TnpB is an ancestor of this well-known "gene scissors" but is much smaller and thus easier to transport into cells.

Cell & Microbiology Sep 13, 2024

CRISPR/Cas9 modifies Euglena to create potential biofuel source

News about biofuels sometimes mentions used cooking oil as a feedstock, but if these substances contain animal fat, they can solidify in colder temperatures. This happens because, chemically, the fatty acids of these and ...

Cell & Microbiology Sep 11, 2024

Beyond needles: Introducing a new, nature-based approach for delivering cargo into egg cells

A new approach for delivering miniature research tools into the interior of egg cells and embryos has been developed at the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL), resolving a major bottleneck to using the gene-editing tool CRISPR-Cas9 ...

Molecular & Computational biology Sep 10, 2024

Boosting cannabis production: The science behind bud abundance

Cannabis sativa is highly valued for its cannabinoids, which are primarily produced in female inflorescences. However, the genetic control of inflorescence development remains largely unexplored, posing a significant challenge ...

Cell & Microbiology Sep 9, 2024

Glitch in protein synthesis could affect tumor growth

During protein synthesis, or translation, genetic information transcribed in the cell's mRNA directs the stringing together of amino acids—the building blocks of proteins. As the translation machinery carouses along the ...

Cell & Microbiology Sep 4, 2024

Brazilian researchers discover key gene regulating virulence of fungus that causes severe lung infections

A group of Brazilian researchers has found a potential target for novel therapeutic strategies to combat fungal infections—more specifically, those caused by Aspergillus fumigatus. An article reporting the discovery is ...

Cell & Microbiology Sep 4, 2024

Scientists uncover diverse marine microbes with potential for new antibiotics and plastic breakdown

New research shows how oceans can be used to help address major challenges such as the shortage of antimicrobial medicines, solutions for plastic pollution and novel enzymes for genome editing.

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