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Researchers Map Genomes of Wild American Grapes
Mapping the genomes of wild North American grapes could accelerate grape breeding efforts, tackling challenges like climate change, drought and saline environments.
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Gene Clusters Reveal Brain Link to Anxiety Disorders
Anxiety disorders have a genetic basis as seen from inheritance in families, and people with one subtype of AD tend to have another subtype, suggesting a shared genetic basis.
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Molecular Jackhammers’ "Good Vibrations" Eradicate Cancer Cells
A light-stimulated molecular jackhammer can vibrate and destroy cancer cells by rupturing the cells’ membrane, illustrates new research on melanoma cells.
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A Malaria Drug Treatment Could Help To Save Babies’ Lives
Human organ chip research shows that a common antimalarial combination could reverse the negative effects of malnutrition in the female digestive tract that lead to low birth weight infants.
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2000-Year-Old Skeleton Migrated to Cambridgeshire From Beyond the Roman Empire, DNA Analysis Suggests
Scientists have discovered that a man who lived between AD 126-228 during the Roman period did not originally come from a rural farmstead near where he was buried, but likely thousands of miles away, possibly outside of the Roman Empire.
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Genetics of Host Plants Determine What Microorganisms They Attract
Chemical signals from host plants, determined by their genetics, regulate which microorganisms are allowed into their root microbiomes.
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Engineered Human Heart Tissue Shows How Tachycardia Affects the Heart
Researchers engineered stem cell-derived heart tissues to study how tachycardia affects the heart and to uncover the inner workings of our body’s engine.
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Crucial Step in Blood Cell Creation Discovered
The inflammatory signals that prompt a body’s immune response have an entirely different role in the earliest stages of life, playing a crucial role in blood cell formation.
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Bioengineered Scaffold May Help Deep Burn Wounds Heal Faster
A team of researchers has designed and tested a supportive structure, called a scaffold, that can help large deep burn wounds heal faster. The promising new treatment was found to promote the formation of new blood vessels.
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Genetic Sequencing Discovers Source of Pathogens in Floodwaters
Researchers report that local rivers and streams were the source of the Salmonella enterica contamination along coastal North Carolina after Hurricane Florence in 2018 – not the previously suspected high number of pig farms in the region.
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