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UK Government Awards Clean Food Group Funding for £1 Million Project to Accelerate Novel Low-Emission Food Production Systems

Pioneering UK-based bio-tech business, Clean Food Group has been awarded funding for a £1 million project to advance novel low-emission food production systems in the UK.

7 Dec 2023

Construction First for British Antarctic Survey as Specialist Team Fit-Out New Building Over the Antarctic Winter

Construction has begun in Antarctica for the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) with specialists arriving at Rothera Research Station to progress several projects to secure the future of polar operations and research.

27 Nov 2023

Plants Exploit Randomness to Avoid Mitochondrial Damage

Humans wouldn't last long without plant mitochondria and chloroplasts. These essential compartments of plant cells famously capture sunlight and power plant life – and so, ultimately, provide all the food we eat.

7 Nov 2023

Unlocking the Secrets of Memory: Key Protein Regulates Hippocampal Plasticity

Mount Sinai researchers have shed valuable light on the mechanism of a key protein that regulates the plasticity and function of the hippocampus, a key brain region involved in memory and learning, and that decreases with age in mice.

3 Nov 2023

Developing 4D High-Resolution Imaging System to Track Cell Movement

Tracking the dynamic movements of cells is crucial for modeling the intricate cellular interactions involved in organ formation, such as the heart.

31 Oct 2023

A New Grape Downy Mildew Resistance Gene for the Wine Industry

Scientists at Cornell University have unearthed a novel gene conferring resistance to grape downy mildew, providing the wine and grape industry with a potent weapon to combat this destructive ailment.

27 Oct 2023

BioLizard Launches New AI-Empowered “BioVerse” Platform to Facilitate Data-Driven R&D for Global Life Sciences Community

BioLizard, the bioinformatics, data analytics and data management service and consulting company heading digital transformation in the life sciences industry, today announced the launch of its new BioVerse platform.

11 Oct 2023

Mathematical Recipe for Sperm Tail Motion Discovered

Patterns of chemical interactions are thought to create patterns in nature such as stripes and spots. This new study shows that the mathematical basis of these patterns also governs how the sperm tail moves.

27 Sep 2023

How Scientists are Using iPSCs to Develop New Therapies

In 1998, scientists reported being able to derive cells from human embryos that could develop into almost any cell in the body. In 2007, the field took a huge leap when scientists discovered they could reprogram human adult skin cells to act like these embryonic stem cells.

20 Sep 2023

Pre-Targeted Radioimmunotherapy System Cures Fatal Ovarian Cancer in Preclinical Study

A new 225Ac-DOTA-based pre-targeted radioimmunotherapy (PRIT) system has been shown to cure a highly lethal form of advanced intraperitoneal ovarian cancer in a preclinical setting with minimal side effects.

19 Sep 2023

NC State Researchers Develop New Method to Produce Seedless Plants

North Carolina State University researchers have successfully transferred an important gene from one compartment of a plant cell to another to produce tobacco plants that lack pollen and viable seeds, while otherwise growing normally.

19 Sep 2023

Broken String Biosciences Closes $15M Series A Funding Round

Broken String Biosciences today announced that it has closed a $15 million Series A investment round, co-led by Illumina Ventures and Mérieux Equity Partners, with contributions from HERAN Partners, and existing investors Tencent and Dieter von Holtzbrinck Ventures.

19 Sep 2023

Bamboo Flowering Event Could Have Major Ecological Impacts

A long-lived monocarpic species of bamboo, Phyllostachys nigra var. henonis, only flowers once every 120 years before it dies. The upcoming flowering event for this species does not bode well for its continued long-term survival, as most flowers are not producing viable seeds.

4 Sep 2023

AI-Powered Speed Breeding Could Revolutionize Agriculture

Artificial intelligence could hold the key to feeding 10 billion people by 2050 in the face of climate change and rapidly evolving pests and pathogens according to researchers at The University of Queensland.

16 Aug 2023

Understanding Watermelon Genetics Could Lead to Development of More Resilient, Delicious Varieties

Watermelon is a globally significant agricultural product, both in terms of the total amount produced and the total economic value generated.

14 Aug 2023

The Bilateral Laryngeal Motor Cortex’s Role in Preventing Speech Perception Difficulties

Understanding how the motor cortex participates in active inference of speech perception and choice is critical for understanding human language intelligence, which may inspire the next generation of AI.

10 Aug 2023

Reptile Conservation Could Benefit From New Range of Cell Lines

The creation of the first wide variety of reptile cell lines is highlighted in a new scientific study that was published in the journal Microorganisms.

7 Aug 2023

Mothers Who Eat Herbs in Early Pregnancy Can Protect Their Grandchildren’s Brains, Finds Study

Mothers who eat apples and herbs in early pregnancy could be protecting the brain health of their children and grandchildren, a Monash University study using genetic models has found.

4 Aug 2023

Major Progress in Next-Gen Probiotic Development

One of the beneficial gut bacteria found in the human gut that ordinarily cannot thrive in an oxygen-rich environment can now be made oxygen-tolerant. This is an important result in the development of future probiotic treatments to enhance glucose management in people with prediabetes.

3 Aug 2023

The Peptoid Approach to Antiviral Resistance

Antiviral therapies are difficult to develop because viruses can rapidly mutate to become drug resistant.

3 Aug 2023

Next Generation News and Research

UK Government Awards Clean Food Group Funding for £1 Million Project to Accelerate Novel Low-Emission Food Production Systems

Construction First for British Antarctic Survey as Specialist Team Fit-Out New Building Over the Antarctic Winter

Plants Exploit Randomness to Avoid Mitochondrial Damage

Unlocking the Secrets of Memory: Key Protein Regulates Hippocampal Plasticity

Developing 4D High-Resolution Imaging System to Track Cell Movement

A New Grape Downy Mildew Resistance Gene for the Wine Industry

BioLizard Launches New AI-Empowered “BioVerse” Platform to Facilitate Data-Driven R&D for Global Life Sciences Community

Mathematical Recipe for Sperm Tail Motion Discovered

How Scientists are Using iPSCs to Develop New Therapies

Pre-Targeted Radioimmunotherapy System Cures Fatal Ovarian Cancer in Preclinical Study

NC State Researchers Develop New Method to Produce Seedless Plants

Broken String Biosciences Closes $15M Series A Funding Round

Bamboo Flowering Event Could Have Major Ecological Impacts

AI-Powered Speed Breeding Could Revolutionize Agriculture

Understanding Watermelon Genetics Could Lead to Development of More Resilient, Delicious Varieties

The Bilateral Laryngeal Motor Cortex’s Role in Preventing Speech Perception Difficulties

Reptile Conservation Could Benefit From New Range of Cell Lines

Mothers Who Eat Herbs in Early Pregnancy Can Protect Their Grandchildren’s Brains, Finds Study

Major Progress in Next-Gen Probiotic Development

The Peptoid Approach to Antiviral Resistance

Driving Support for Pharmaceutical Testing Through Continuous Innovation

From Memory to Metaplasticity: Unraveling the Brain's Secrets

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