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Over the last decade, severe outbreaks of bacterial canker have caused huge economic losses for kiwi growers. Scientists have compared the behavior of the causative pathogen with less-virulent biovars to determine the basis of its pathogenicity.

In a study in Nature Plants, researchers introduce a new and improved CRISPR 3.0 system in plants, focusing on gene activation instead of traditional gene editing.

A California reptile shop began breeding a leopard gecko called Mr Frosty in 2016 to produce a colony of lemon-yellow lizards. Roughly 80% developed bulbous white skin tumors within the first five years of life. Now, a team of researchers has traced the tumors and coloring to a gene implicated in skin cutaneous melanoma.

Researchers have identified how cancer cells become resistant to hormone or combination therapies in patients with early-stage breast cancer.

A collaborative research study has analyzed genetic data from the 1000 Genomes Project and discovered that a coronavirus epidemic occurred in East Asia over 20,000 years ago. The study is published in Current Biology.

Geneticists have found a gene that determines eye color in fruit flies and also plays a role in the uncontrolled proliferation of gut stem cells.

Researchers have used genome-wide association studies to pinpoint a mutation in the SARS-CoV-2 variant known as P.1 that is linked to increased mortality, potentially greater transmissibility and higher infection rates.

Using computational approaches to analyze existing datasets and pinpoint "cellular signals" released by different cancers, researchers have discovered the origins of seven types of kidney cancer.

Researchers have developed a machine-learning approach that can accurately predict how human breast cancer tumors will evolve.

A study has revealed that albumin activates a proton channel (hHv1), giving sperm the ability to penetrate and fertilize an egg, and allowing white blood cells to secrete large amounts of inflammatory mediators.