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Students Unlock the Pear Genome

Students have unlocked the pear genome, revealing thousands of variants of importance to pear breeding efforts.
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Discovery Could Pave the Way for Universal Automated Drug Discovery

Rice University synthetic biologists have found a way to piggyback on the glucose monitoring technology used in automated insulin dosing systems and make it universally applicable for the monitoring and dosing of virtually any drug.
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Gene Discovery May Help Overcome Lymphoma Treatment Resistance

A new discovery that shows how therapy resistance occurs may help find new treatments for patients with treatment-resistant lymphoma.
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Why Do Some Immune Cells Lose Energy in Solid Tumors?

New research has unveiled new clues behind T-cell metabolism, that could enhance immunotherapies that rely on T cells to fight cancer.
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New Method Identifies Extremophiles Using Protein Fragments

Perfectly adapted microorganisms live in extreme environments from deep-sea trenches to mountaintops. Learning more about how these extremophiles survive in hostile conditions could inform scientists about life on Earth.
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Researchers Demonstrate Brain's Adaptation to External Stimulation for the First Time

For the first time, researchers have shown that non-invasive brain stimulation can change a specific brain mechanism that is directly related to human behavior.
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Gut Bacteria in Newborns Produce Serotonin To Educate Immune Cells

New research has revealed that unique bacteria colonize the gut shortly after birth and produce serotonin to educate gut immune cells, preventing allergic reactions to food and the bacteria themselves.
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97% of Antarctic Seabirds Have Ingested Microplastic

A new review of seabird studies suggests that the vast majority of arctic and antarctic seabirds have ingested microplastic particles.
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Alzheimer’s Drug Production a Step Closer With the Help of Bacteria and AI

Researchers have developed a microbial fermentation method to produce galantamine with the help of artificial intelligence (AI) and biosensors.
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Why Are Newborns Susceptible to Severe Infections?

A new study of mice by Columbia University researchers now suggests that many cases of neonatal neutropenia may originate from suppression of the fetus’s blood-forming stem cells.
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