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Gladstone Institutes researchers leveraged CRISPR to target and rapidly destroy glioblastoma cells in an approach that could carry over to other highly mutated cancers.

Quinoa and many other extremely resilient plants are covered with strange balloon-like 'bladders' that for 127 years were believed to be responsible for protecting them from drought and salt. Research results reveal this not to be the case.

There are plant proteins that are very similar to the human MIF protein in the sequence of their individual building blocks (amino acids) and these are referred to as MDL proteins.

A study has taken a novel approach to understanding why some individuals are more susceptible to weight gain, regardless of their genetic predisposition to obesity.

Researchers have analyzed the genes and brain tissue of patients with Alzheimer’s and found that differences in brain immunometabolism – the interactions between the immune system and the ways cells create energy – may contribute to women’s increased risk for the disease and its severity.

By analyzing bacterial data, researchers have discovered thousands of rare new CRISPR systems that have a range of functions and could enable gene editing, diagnostics and more.

Signals from the environment set off a cascade of changes that affect different genes in different ways. Researchers have developed a machine learning approach called FUN-PROSE to predict how genes react to different environmental conditions.

A new bacteriocin that can inhibit antibiotic-resistant bacteria has been found in a common skin bacterium. The researchers hope it can be developed into a new medicine for infections that have no effective treatment.

Armed with its own eyes, antennae, and swimming bristles, the posterior body part detaches for spawning. UTokyo scientists revealed its developmental mechanism for the first time.

Within the European Union, caviar, the famously fancy delicacy, can only legally be sourced from farmed sturgeon. Yet, according to a new study, it seems much of the caviar sold in Eastern Europe is sourced from wild fish, illegally.