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NanoRanger Offers Rapid, Precise Diagnosis for Genetic Diseases

An effective long-read sequencing method that looks for intricate genomic variations can quickly and accurately diagnose genetic disorders molecularly.

24 Jul 2024

High Performance SEM Helps Drive NZ Towards a Smart, Green Future

The existing electron microscopy capabilities have been improved with the installation of a TESCAN CLARA Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM).

24 Jul 2024

Harnessing Proteomics For Food Safety: Allergen Profiling and Food Authenticity Verification

The proteomics-based strategies used to profile food allergies and authenticate food products.

10 Jul 2024

Germ Cells Found to Drive Sex-Dependent Lifespan Differences in Vertebrates

Women live longer than men. This isn't unique to humans, either; we see this trend in a wide range of other animals. Biologists have theorized that the discrepancy in life expectancy between sexes might be partly related to reproduction, but how?

13 Jun 2024

Human Antibodies Offer Hope for Improved Black Widow Antivenom

Sera produced from horses can be used to treat serious illnesses caused by black widow bites. But this approach is not totally secure. To address this, scientists have produced entirely human antibodies that are capable of neutralizing the European black widow's alpha-latrotoxin.

13 Jun 2024

Unraveling the Mysteries of Killifish Embryonic Development

The annual killifish lives in regions with extreme drought. A research group at the University of Basel now reports in "Science" that the early embryogenesis of killifish diverges from that of other species.

7 Jun 2024

New Birnavirus Discovered in Pet Trade Zebrafish

Zebrafish in the pet trade are asymptomatic carriers of previously undescribed microbes, including a novel virus that causes hemorrhaging in infected laboratory fish, Marlen Rice from the University of Utah, US, and colleagues report in the open-access journal PLOS Biology, publishing May 23rd.

31 May 2024

Protein Imbalance Linked to Rare Developmental Disorder

According to a recent study from the University of Lausanne, serious intellectual impairments can result from both an excess or a shortage of a single protein.

31 May 2024

New Light-Sensitive Proteins Unlock Brain Cell Control for Neurological Research

Researchers from Duke-NUS Medical School have found that a new class of light-sensitive proteins are capable of turning off brain cells with light, offering scientists an unprecedentedly effective tool to investigate brain function.

27 May 2024

Harnessing High-Performance Computing to Unravel the Emergence of Novel Viruses

Suddenly they appear and - like the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus - can trigger major epidemics: Viruses that nobody had on their radar.

14 May 2024

Fruit Fly Model Unveils Hidden Mechanisms of Organ Development

A new computational model simulating fruit fly wing development has enabled researchers to identify previously hidden mechanisms behind organ generation.

8 May 2024

Unveiling the Evolutionary Origins of Bilaterian Species

700 million years ago, a remarkable creature emerged for the first time. Though it may not have been much to look at by today's standards, the animal had a front and a back, a top and a bottom.

16 Apr 2024

Scientists Trace the Global Spread of Sea Urchin Disease

A parasite that caused significant devastation to long-spined sea urchins in the Caribbean and Florida in 2022 has now led to another die-off occurring more than 7,000 miles away in the Sea of Oman.

26 Mar 2024

Unraveling the Mysteries of Brown Algae's Sex Chromosomes

Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Biology Tübingen made a groundbreaking discovery, revealing that an HMG-box gene in brown algae plays a crucial role in determining male sex.

25 Mar 2024

Fossils of Giant Sea Lizard With Dagger-Like Teeth Show How Our Oceans Have Fundamentally Changed Since the Dinosaur Era

Paleontologists have discovered a strange new species of marine lizard with dagger-like teeth that lived near the end of the age of dinosaurs.

6 Mar 2024

Cyanobacteria as a Key Ingredient in Sustainable Protein-Rich Foods

We all know that we ought to eat less meat and cheese and dig into more plant-based foods. But whilst perusing the supermarket cold display and having to choose between animal-based foods and more climate-friendly alternative proteins, our voices of reason don't always win.

28 Feb 2024

Study Reveals Rapid Color Changes in Striped Marlin During Group Hunts

Striped marlin are some of the fastest animals on the planet and one of the ocean's top predators. When hunting in groups, individual marlin will take turns attacking schools of prey fish one at a time.

27 Feb 2024

Fish Size and Climate Change: Study Refutes Gill Oxygen Limitation Theory

A collaborative team of scientists led by the University of Massachusetts Amherst recently found that there is no physiological evidence supporting a leading theory-; which involves the surface area of fish gills -;as to why many fish species are "shrinking" as waters grow warmer due to climate change.

22 Feb 2024

Insights From the Ogasawara Islands Biodiversity Study

The Ogasawara Islands are a chain of tiny volcanic islands located thousands of km South of Tokyo, deep within the world's largest ocean.

21 Feb 2024

The Role of Ancient Retroviruses in Vertebrate Brain Evolution

According to a study published in the journal Cell, ancient viruses may have contributed to the development of myelin and, consequently, the large, complex brains.

16 Feb 2024