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Summary of purification process: water polluted by microplastics (PET); addition of magnetic nanoparticles functionalized with polydopamine and lipase; removal of nanoparticles with microplastics using a magnet. Researchers at the University of São Paulo (USP) in...
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...
Dynamic nuclear architecture drives gene expression processes. 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...
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...
Graphical abstract of the performed analyses and main results. GWAS: Genome-wide association study. TWAS: Transcriptome-wide association study. MR: Mendelian randomization. A team of researchers have worked together to identify possible genes associated with certain...
Protective effect of HelD against rifampicin. 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...
AI-based tool can assist embryologists in determining both the embryo quality score and ploidy status, providing a comprehensive assessment of the embryo. A new artificial intelligence-based system can accurately assess the chromosomal status of in vitro-fertilized...
Lipid limitation decreases levels of storage lipids and increases levels of some PUFA-containing PEs and PCs. 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....
Structural models predict the small molecule-binding site on FOXA1 is proximal to DNA. 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...
Graphical abstract. 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...