Life Sciences and Chemistry

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Scientists identify gene that could lead to resilient ‘pixie’ corn

A widely found gene in plants has been newly identified as a key transporter of a hormone that influences the size of corn. The discovery offers plant breeders a new…

New light-controlled ‘off switch’ for brain cells

Researchers from Duke-NUS Medical School have found that a new class of light-sensitive proteins are capable of turning off brain cells with light, offering scientists an unprecedentedly effective tool to…

New advances in cancer viral immunotherapy

A new strain of vaccinia virus is able to induce so-called immunogenic cell death in tumor cells. Vaccinia viruses are therapeutic tools with different biomedical applications depending on the susceptibility…

Tiny target discovered on RNA to short-circuit inflammation

New study details high-throughput process for rapid screening, identification of mysterious ‘long non-coding RNA’. UC Santa Cruz researchers have discovered a peptide in human RNA that regulates inflammation and may…

Understanding a broken heart

Recurrent heart failure linked to accumulated stress in immunity-forming stem cells. The stress of heart failure is remembered by the body and appears to lead to recurrent failure, along with…

A fungus converts cellulose directly into a novel platform chemical

A new process for the mass production of erythro-isocitric acid from waste could make the substance interesting for industry in the future. The fungus Talaromyces verruculosus can produce the chemical…

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