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Studying cell morphology/size can lay the foundation for customizing and constructing cyanobacteria cells with application prospects through synthetic biology. Cyanobacteria are the earliest known oxygenic photosynthetic organisms on Earth, and they played decisive...
For decades, surgery was the only treatment option for patients with localized clear-cell renal cell carcinoma, a common type of kidney cancer. But the cancer tended to return in people with more aggressive tumors around one-third of patients often popping up in other...
The Hirohide Saito Laboratory has developed cyclic RNA switches that can control gene expression in a cell type-specific manner using miRNAs and RNA-binding proteins and has successfully constructed an artificial gene circuit by combining them. Gene transfer...
Credit: unsplash/cc0 public domain Consortium for Advanced Research Training in Africa (CARTA) launches Evidence website. CARTA was established in 2008 to support the development of a vibrant African academy able to lead world-class multidisciplinary research that...
Scientists have created an AI system capable of generating artificial enzymes from scratch. In laboratory tests, some of these enzymes worked as well as those found in nature, even when their artificially generated amino acid sequences diverged significantly from any...
Neoleukin-2/15 can be split into two fragments that reconstitute its activity when combined. medicalxpress.com A new study shows that when an experimental cancer medication is split in half, the molecule becomes safer and more effective. Scientists at the University...
The ongoing struggles against different diseases has led to continuous acknowledgement of current and potential benefits of medicinal plants. As such, humankind continues to pursue drug discovery from various parts of plants. Specifically, scientists have...
Anyone who has interacted with the research staff at the African Centre for Gene Technologies (ACGT) will agree that the office would not function as effectively as it does without the input of Itseng Malao. As the Centre’s Project Coordinator and Office Administrator...
The local and international field of plant-based therapeutics and diagnostics is rapidly gaining significant momentum. Due to strong strategic collaborations, South African life science researchers and innovators are claiming their rightful seat in this space. This is...
There has been a recent wave of successful training workshops, webinars and weekly journal club meetings organized and facilitated by active researchers and students in the field of Metabolomics in South Africa. These events have been a true testament to how...