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Computer Program Detects Differences Between Human Cells
“How many different cell types are there in the human body? And how do these differences develop? Nobody really knows,” says Professor Stein Aerts from KU Leuven/VIB. But thanks to a new method developed by his team, that may be about to change.
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Fungal Symbiosis Protects Plants Against Drought and Disease
By developing a symbiotic relationship with fungi, plants not only become more tolerant to diseases but can also help contribute to more sustainable agricultural practices.
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Double Helix Technologies teams-up with Agilent Technologies
Collaboration will offer the SureVector cloning system for next-generation cloning.
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Genetically Boosting the Nutritional Value of Corn Could Benefit Millions
Rutgers scientists have found an efficient way to enhance the nutritional value of corn – the world’s largest commodity crop – by inserting a bacterial gene that causes it to produce a key nutrient called methionine.
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OBN Awards Crown Synpromics ‘Best Emerging UK Synthetic Biotech Company’
Synpromics was nominated on the strength of being the leader in gene control, improving human health by enabling safer, more effective cell and gene medicines through proprietary genomics, bioinformatics and intelligent data-driven design.
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Genetic Targets for Chemo-resistant Breast Cancer Identified
Study identifies potential targets for treatment of triple negative breast cancer, the most aggressive form of breast cancer.
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Unexpected Findings Uncover New Understanding of Gene Expression
The catalytic activity of the fly enzyme Trr and mammalian enzyme MLL3/MLL4 — members of the COMPASS family of proteins central to gene expression — is not required for proper development and viability in flies or gene expression in mammalian cells.
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Accurately Transcribing DNA Overrides DNA Repair
Researchers have found that in the model organism E. coli, the fidelity of transcribing DNA comes at the expense of DNA repair.
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Researchers Map Human Genome in 4-D as it Folds
The report, which may lead to new ways of understanding genetic diseases, appears on the cover of Cell.
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A New CRISPR-Engineered Cancer Model to Test Therapeutics
New technique for modeling human leukemia in mice may aid drug discovery and clinical trials.
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