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Researchers at the University of São Paulo (USP) in Brazil have developed a novel nanotechnology-based solution for the removal of micro- and nanoplastics from water. Their research is published in the journal Micron. Tiny plastic particles are ubiquitous in the world...
It’s the first Spring Friday of 2024 and 75 enthusiastic plant biotechnology researchers converge at the Wits professional development hub (pdh) for a full day of discussions about microbes that affect plants: the good and the bad. A diverse audience hears about the...
Over one hundred years ago, when Santiago Ramón y Cajal observed neurons microscopically, he saw fibrillous and spotted structures inside their nuclei. Researchers later discovered that these nuclear compartments, dubbed nuclear bodies, lacked membranes but contained...
When a chef develops a new recipe, they methodically add and remove individual ingredients to see how each of them alters the final dish. When scientists try to understand the role of genes in the body, they employ a similar tactic using genome editing. Currently, the...
A team of researchers have worked together to identify possible genes associated with certain metabolites molecules involved in the body's biochemical processes and cardiovascular risk. The scientists analyzed the levels of 187 such compounds in plasma samples from...
One of the main challenges of contemporary medicine is posed by the resistance of pathogens to antibiotics. An important step in countering it has now been made by researchers from IOCB Prague, in collaboration with colleagues from the Institute of Microbiology and...
A new artificial intelligence-based system can accurately assess the chromosomal status of in vitro-fertilized (IVF) embryos using only time-lapse video images of the embryos and maternal age, according to a study from investigators at Weill Cornell Medicine. The new...
Cutting off cancer cells' access to fat may help a specific type of cancer treatment work more effectively, reports a study by Van Andel Institute scientists. The findings, published in Cell Chemical Biology, lay the groundwork for developing tailored dietary...
Hormone-driven cancers, like those of the breast and prostate, often rely on a tricky-to-target protein called Forkhead box protein 1 (FOXA1). FOXA1 mutations can enable these types of cancers to grow and proliferate. Today, FOXA1 is notoriously difficult to block...
In the 1980s, scientists knew little about the X and Y chromosomes. What they did understand was that every cell in the body contains 23 pairs of chromosomes. Each of these pairs is similar, except one. While females typically have two X chromosomes, males have one X...