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Cultured Meat Produced Using Immortal Stem Cells

Scientists have published a new method for generating immortalized bovine muscle stem cells (iBSCs) in ACS Synthetic Biology. The cells, which grow rapidly and can differentiate into mature muscle cells, may offer a solution to the scale-up bottlenecks associated with the production of cultured meat.
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More Than a Third of Students Use AI Bots

Students are positive towards AI tools such as ChatGPT in education, but 62 percent believe that using chatbots during exams is cheating.
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Parameters for Predicting Cachexia Identified

A predictive model developed at São Paulo State University helps identify tumor biomarkers of cachexia.
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Role of Immune Cell Receptor in Asthma Revealed

The discovery of how a protein contributes to severe lung inflammation provides critical information for developing therapeutic interventions to treat long-term lung conditions.
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AI Algorithms for Diagnosing Rare Diseases Do Not Include Current Human Diversity

AI algorithms are beginning to be trialled for diagnosing rare diseases, but a new study has shown that most of the AI-generated algorithms have European-centric databases and therefore do not reflect current human diversity.
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Memories May Be Stored in the Membranes of Your Neurons

Your brain is responsible for controlling most of your body’s activities. Its information processing capabilities are what allow you to learn, and it is the central repository of your memories. But how is memory formed, and where is it located in the brain?
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Triple Drug Combination Slows Kidney Cancer Progression by 27%

Advanced kidney cancer progression was slowed by the addition of a targeted kinase inhibitor to a two-drug immunotherapy combination.
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Mechanisms of How DNA Repair Fails Uncovered

Researchers uncover how the success of natural DNA repair depends on surrounding sequences.
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Advanced Protein-Spotting AI Could Lead to New Drug Discoveries

A new AI system could help scientists understand differences in cancer tumors and identify new drugs for diseases.
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How Snowflake Yeast Evolved To Be Bigger and Stronger

The world would look very different without multicellular organisms – take away the plants, animals, fungi, and seaweed, and Earth starts to look like a wetter, greener version of Mars.
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