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New project focuses on mung bean breeding for plant-based protein in superior agronomic variety

Iowa State University plant breeders and researchers are working to develop a new crop suited for the plant-based protein market.

13 Jul 2022

NSU explore harmful algae blooms to better understand their origins and management

They are bluish-green, stinky and yucky. We're talking algae blooms, that phenomenon that happens in waterways around Florida. And since 2019, researchers at Nova Southeastern University's (NSU) Halmos College of Arts and Sciences have been studying them with the primary goal to find out why they occur.

13 Jul 2022

Octoploids help switchgrass to thrive in new environments

Roughly half of all flowering plants are "polyploid," meaning that they have more than two sets of chromosomes, which contain the plants' genes and DNA.

12 Jul 2022

Researchers work on DNA-delivered antibodies to stop COVID-19

A new COVID-19 antibody delivery approach has progressed to clinical trials, thanks to funding from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and the Joint Program Executive Office for Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Defense (JPEO-CBRND).

11 Jul 2022

Analyzing and acknowledging HIV protein may result in new treatments, study reveals

Researchers from Rutgers University and the Salk Institute defined the molecular structure of the HIV Pol polyprotein, a protein that helps the virus propagate and spread throughout the body, in an exploration that could lead to the formation of potential treatments for more than 40 million HIV patients globally.

From Rutgers University 11 Jul 2022

New bacterial tool improves drug production in bacterial cells

The prescription humans use to manage high blood pressure, discomfort, or memory loss may one day originate from modified bacteria, cultivated in a vat like a yogurt, offering more inexpensive, sustainable drug options than people now have.

11 Jul 2022

Using AI to reliably predict the structure of certain RNA molecules

For the function of many biomolecules, their three-dimensional structure is crucial. Researchers are therefore not only interested in the sequence of the individual building blocks of biomolecules, but also in their spatial structure.

11 Jul 2022

Improvements to weed management based on timing of emergence

Farmers can tailor their efforts to control weeds more effectively by pinpointing when a particular weed will emerge, according to a new Cornell University study.

11 Jul 2022

New method can identify the vast number of molecules derived from food

An international team of scientists, led by researchers at University of California San Diego, report a new method called untargeted metabolomics to identify the vast number of molecules derived from food that were previously unidentified, but that appear in our blood and our stool.

From UC San Diego 11 Jul 2022

Challenges in Drug Discovery; Where are we now, and where are we going?

As part of our SLAS Europe 2022 coverage, we speak to Steve Rees, Vice-President of Discovery Biology at AstraZeneca, about the challenges currently faced by the drug discovery sector.

From Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening (SLAS) 8 Jul 2022

Researchers get funding to develop a vaccine against ALS disease

DZNE and Intravacc B.V., have received a grant from the European Union of € 2.5 million to further create a prototype ALS vaccine.

8 Jul 2022

Rochester biologists show a selfish “supergene” using population genomics

There are several “selfish genetic elements” in the human genome that do not appear to benefit their hosts but instead appear to exist only to reproduce themselves.

8 Jul 2022

Study highlights retrotransposition in CRISPR gene therapy clinical trials

Worldwide clinical studies for gene therapy utilizing CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing are now underway for a number of disorders. A study from Boston Children’s Hospital that was released in Nature Communications on June 27th, 2022, alerts readers to a possible CRISPR editing risk that has not yet been identified.

8 Jul 2022

Researchers investigate dynamics and modifications of COVID-19 virus spike protein

When the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 infects human cells, the cell’s protein-processing machinery modifies the spike protein, making it more flexible and mobile, potentially increasing its possibility to contaminate other cells and evade antibodies, according to new research from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

8 Jul 2022

A new study analyzes antimicrobial detergents and textile chemicals in homes

The use of less bleach and lower temperatures over washing machine cycles is promoted as a result of shifting societal attitudes toward the environment.

8 Jul 2022

COVID-19 vaccination stimulates antibodies aiming parts of virus spike protein among corona variants, researchers discover

Can the SARS-CoV-2 vaccine reactivate previously suppressed antibody responses and pave the way for a unified coronavirus vaccine?

8 Jul 2022

Scientists create new live-attenuated influenza vaccine technique over pathogens

The use of attenuated, live viruses as vaccines is a potential method to minimize the effects of viral infectious diseases, such as influenza.

8 Jul 2022

How Important is the European Ecosystem to Life Sciences Research?

As part of our SLAS Europe 2022 coverage, we speak to Jan Lichtenberg, vice president of SLAS, about the role Europe plays within life sciences research.

From Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening (SLAS) 7 Jul 2022

Scientists link the function of specific domain of proteins to a cancer trigger in humans

Researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory have definitively linked the function of a specific domain of proteins important in plant-microbe biology to a cancer trigger in humans, knowledge that had eluded scientists for decades.

6 Jul 2022

Research reveals how two RNA-binding proteins interact with each other

Neurons are continually adapting to changing conditions. The biochemical basis for memory and learning is this plasticity.

5 Jul 2022

Genetics and Genomics News and Research

Latest Genetics and Genomics News and Research

New project focuses on mung bean breeding for plant-based protein in superior agronomic variety

NSU explore harmful algae blooms to better understand their origins and management

Octoploids help switchgrass to thrive in new environments

Researchers work on DNA-delivered antibodies to stop COVID-19

Analyzing and acknowledging HIV protein may result in new treatments, study reveals

New bacterial tool improves drug production in bacterial cells

Using AI to reliably predict the structure of certain RNA molecules

Improvements to weed management based on timing of emergence

New method can identify the vast number of molecules derived from food

Challenges in Drug Discovery; Where are we now, and where are we going?

Researchers get funding to develop a vaccine against ALS disease

Rochester biologists show a selfish “supergene” using population genomics

Study highlights retrotransposition in CRISPR gene therapy clinical trials

Researchers investigate dynamics and modifications of COVID-19 virus spike protein

A new study analyzes antimicrobial detergents and textile chemicals in homes

COVID-19 vaccination stimulates antibodies aiming parts of virus spike protein among corona variants, researchers discover

Scientists create new live-attenuated influenza vaccine technique over pathogens

How Important is the European Ecosystem to Life Sciences Research?

Scientists link the function of specific domain of proteins to a cancer trigger in humans

Research reveals how two RNA-binding proteins interact with each other

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