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HHMI and Dartmouth map 1.3 million mouse embryonic cell lineages with ‘DNA typewriter’
13+ hour, 43+ min ago (591+ words) New DNA recording technology traces developmental paths from a single zygote to a fully formed body and distinguishes founder cells in 99% of embryonic cells A map has been created that reveals how cells are related to one another from the…...
Bacteria Navigate Crowded Environments by Colliding
6+ hour, 25+ min ago (546+ words) 2026 EPFL/Laure Le Blanc - CC-BY-SA 4.0 Some bacteria can sense when they bump into each other and use these interactions to shape how the group organizes and moves. This discovery reveals a new way microbes explore their environments using physical feedback…...
Jonathan the Tortoise: 287 Gene Variants and a Stable Epigenome Explain His 194-Year Life
4+ hour, 13+ min ago (772+ words) Genetic analysis of Jonathan, a 194-year-old Aldabra giant tortoise, reveals 287 protective gene variants and an unusually stable epigenome that together explain his record-breaking longevity....
Scientists uncover the molecular switch that reshapes aging muscle
7+ hour, 53+ min ago (727+ words) University of Copenhagen researchers found that declining cardiolipin in mitochondria triggers an ERRγ-driven, ROS-mediated switch that trades muscle power for antioxidant protection, a process that may be druggable....
Fungal Duo Slashes Pepper Blight by 90 Percent While Rewiring Soil Microbiome
8+ hour, 24+ min ago (667+ words) Two strains of the beneficial fungus Trichoderma harzianum reduced red pepper Phytophthora blight incidence by 90.9 percent while promoting plant growth by boosting antioxidant enzyme activity and reshaping the rhizosphere microbiome....
Fruit fly brain study reveals how working memory is written and switched off
21+ hour, 41+ min ago (657+ words) Researchers at NYU Langone Health have shown that fruit flies store short-term odor memories in a gated split attractor network of PFG and hΔK neurons, revealing a mechanism for working memory....
180 Early-Career Scientists Win $12.5 Million in Grants to Tackle Mental Illness
23+ hour, 51+ min ago (585+ words) The Brain & Behavior Research Foundation has awarded more than $12.5 million in two-year grants to 180 early-career scientists selected from 993 applications to advance research on depression, schizophrenia, and other brain and behavior disorders....
How Broadly Bat Viruses Use the ACE2 Receptor May Predict Pandemic Risk
23+ hour, 48+ min ago (85+ words) A new PLOS Biology study shows that the breadth of ACE2 receptor usage among bat sarbecoviruses predicts both their host range and how closely they are antigenically related to SARS-CoV-2. Subject of Research: ACE2 receptor usage breadth as a predictor of host…...
Severe Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease Outbreak in Vietnam Traced to a Single Introduction of Enterovirus A71 Subgenogroup B5
1+ day, 52+ min ago (616+ words) A 2023 severe hand, foot and mouth disease outbreak in Vietnam was caused by a single introduction of enterovirus A71 subgenogroup B5 into a young population with almost no neutralizing antibodies, with no evidence of viral immune evasion....
Conserved Spike Epitopes Yield Antibodies That Neutralize Diverse Bat Sarbecoviruses
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (629+ words) Researchers have mapped conserved epitopes on the sarbecovirus spike protein that allow three monoclonal antibodies to neutralize a wide range of bat viruses and current SARS-CoV-2 variants....