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Stem Cell Scientists Reveal Key Differences in Male and Female Kidneys
Researchers have completed a detailed deconstruction of the kidney, revealing information about gender differences and more in the organ.
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Sleeping Beauty Awakens to a Makeover and a Job in Genome Engineering
In a new study, scientists from the European Molecular Biology Laboratory, the Universitätsklinikum Würzburg and the Paul-Ehrlich-Institut have designed a novel variant of the Sleeping Beauty transposase, enabling its direct use for genome modifications.
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Bacterial Toxin "Walks" Along MRSA and Kills It
Scientists have discovered how potent bacterial toxin kills MRSA bacteria, which could pave the way for developing treatments for MRSA and other antibiotic-resistant superbugs.
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Harvesting Genetics to Improve Watermelon Quality
An international team of researchers has taken a comprehensive look at the genomes of all seven species of watermelon, creating a resource that could help plant breeders increase the domestic fruit's quality and ability to thrive during an era of climate change.
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A Scientific Twist on Video Games: Designing Proteins
A crowdsourcing game called Foldit allows players to try different fold configurations for points and rankings. In a recent challenge, Foldit players came up with 56 designs that were reproduced as stable structures in a lab.
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Lymphatic System Discovered To Play Key Role in Hair Regeneration
Scientists have found that specialized lymphatic capillaries are involved in the synchronization of hair follicle regeneration.
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Complex Cellular Machine Visualized To Provide New Insights in Cancer
Scientists have developed a high-resolution visual map of the RSC complex, a multi-protein machine, elucidating how it works and what role it has in healthy and cancer cells.
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Scientists Can Now Print 3D Living Skin With Blood Vessels
Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have developed a way to 3D print living skin, complete with blood vessels.
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Geographic and Genetic Information Helps Track Elephant Poachers
A new tool uses an interactive database of geographic and genetic information to help authorities quickly identify where the confiscated tusks of African elephants were originally poached.
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Status of Proteins Housing DNA Controls How Cells Maintain Their Identity
A new study suggests that the inheritance of changes to proteins that package DNA maintains the identity of cells as they multiply.
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