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Analysis of Wild Tomatoes Elucidates Genetic Basis Underlying Fruit Traits

September 29, 2020
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Gatersleben, Germany — Domestication and subsequent intensive breeding of tomato had a major impact on fruit ripening and the myriad metabolic processes accompanying it. In result, modern tomato cultivars...

Inside Mitochondria and Their Fascinating Genome

September 29, 2020
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Lausanne, Switzerland — Mitochondria are present in all eukaryotic cells: in our cells, in mammalian cells, in the cells of plants and even of fungi. Mitochondria produce energy for cells to function...

Recording Thousands of Nerve Cell Impulses at High Resolution

September 29, 2020
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Zürich, Switzerland — For over 15 years, ETH Professor Andreas Hierlemann and his group have been developing microelectrode-array chips that can be used to precisely excite nerve cells in cell cultures...

Researchers Discover a New Method to Regulate Cell Plasticity

September 29, 2020
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Barcelona, Spain — Cell plasticity is a property by which a cell can take on different and reversible identities. Cell plasticity is also essential for embryo development and for the correct function...

Fine-Tuning Stem Cell Metabolism Prevents Hair Loss

September 29, 2020
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Cologne, Germany — A team of researchers from Cologne and Helsinki has discovered a mechanism that prevents hair loss: hair follicle stem cells, essential for hair to regrow, can prolong their life...

Cell Therapy Designed to Treat Inflammatory Bowel Disease

September 29, 2020
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Leioa, Spain — The results obtained are very encouraging and the researchers hope to be able to make headway in a multifunctional cell therapy system to treat inflammatory bowel disease. In fact, they...

3D Biometric Authentication Based on Finger Veins Almost Impossible to Fool

September 29, 2020
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Washington, DC — Biometric authentication, which uses unique anatomical features such as fingerprints or facial features to verify a person’s identity, is increasingly replacing traditional passwords...

Anti-Convulsant Drug can Modify DNA Conformation and Interact with Chromosome Proteins

September 29, 2020
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São Paulo, Brazil — Results of recent studies involving valproic acid, used for decades as an anti-convulsant drug, show that it can interact with the conformation of DNA and regulate gene expression. These...

Machine Learning Takes on Synthetic Biology: Algorithms can Bioengineer Cells for You

September 28, 2020
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Berkeley, CA — If you’ve eaten vegan burgers that taste like meat or used synthetic collagen in your beauty routine – both products that are “grown” in the lab – then...

3D Printed Nasal Swabs Work as Well as Commercial Swabs for COVID-19 Diagnostic Testing

September 28, 2020
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Tampa, FL — As COVID-19 quickly spread worldwide this spring, shortages of supplies, including the nasopharyngeal (nasal) swabs used to collect viral samples, limited diagnostic testing. Now, a...

“Stretching Rack” for Cells

September 28, 2020
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Karlsruhe, Germany — The behaviour of cells is controlled by their environment. Besides biological factors or chemical substances, physical forces such as pressure or tension are also involved. Researchers...

Secure Nano-Carrier Delivers Medications Directly to Cells

September 28, 2020
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München, Germany — Medications often have unwanted side-effects. One reason is that they reach not only the unhealthy cells for which they are intended, but also reach and have an impact on healthy...

New Method Allows Precise Gene Control by Light

September 28, 2020
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Bonn, Germany — A novel optical switch makes it possible to precisely control the lifespan of genetic “copies”. These are used by the cell as building instructions for the production of...

Nerve Cells Let Others “Listen In”

September 28, 2020
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Bonn, Germany — How many “listeners” a nerve cell has in the brain is strictly regulated. This is shown by an international study led by the University College London and the universities...

Chemists Developed Biodegradable Antibacterial Film for Storing Food

September 28, 2020
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Moscow, Russia — A team of chemists from RUDN University created an antibacterial coating for food products. The mixture consists of two components that are safe for human health and form a thin, non-toxic,...

Stem Cells can Repair Parkinson’s-Damaged Circuits in Mouse Brains

September 28, 2020
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Madison, WI — The mature brain is infamously bad at repairing itself following damage like that caused by trauma or strokes, or from degenerative diseases like Parkinson’s. Stem cells, which...

New Analytical Model Detects Mutations in Breast Cancer

September 28, 2020
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Lund, Sweden — Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have developed a computational model which is effective in detecting and identifying genetic mutations in breast tumours. The study, the largest...

Researchers demonstrate how deep learning can advance study of neural degeneration

September 28, 2020
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Raleigh, NC — Researchers from North Carolina State University have demonstrated the utility of artificial intelligence (AI) in identifying and categorizing neural degeneration in the model organism C....

Scientists Discover Genetic and Immunologic Underpinnings of Some Cases of Severe COVID-19

September 28, 2020
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Bethesda, MD — New findings by scientists at the National Institutes of Health and their collaborators help explain why some people with COVID-19 develop severe disease. The findings also may provide...

Colour-Coded Biosensor Illuminates in Real Time How Viruses Attack Hosts

September 28, 2020
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Fort Collins, CO — Infectious viruses come in many shapes and sizes and use slightly different attack mechanisms to make humans and animals sick. But all viruses share something in common: They can...

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