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The four key pillars of genetic improvement
6+ hour, 37+ min ago (608+ words) According to PIC, genetic improvement for all companies revolves around four key principles " large and diverse populations, measuring what you want to improve, using the best science, and selection relevant to the market. "At PIC, we deliver excellence in all…...
Biodiversity Loss Boosts Mosquitoes' Human Blood Thirst
7+ hour, 35+ min ago (255+ words) "Here we show that the mosquito species we captured in remnants of the Atlantic Forest have a clear preference for feeding on humans," said senior author Dr Jeronimo Alencar, a biologist at the Oswaldo Cruz Institute in Rio de Janeiro....
Scientist wins ‘Environment Nobel’ for fungal networks
17+ hour, 57+ min ago (362+ words) WASHINGTON: Beneath the surface of forests, grasslands and farms across the world, vast fungal webs form underground trading systems to exchange nutrients with plant roots, acting as critical climate regulators as they draw down 13 billion tons of carbon annually. Yet…...
Woolly rhino remains found in Ice Age wolf give clue to species’ end
18+ hour, 21+ min ago (632+ words) Tumat-1 wolf puppy. (Michil Yakovlev via SWNS) The remains of a 14,400-year-old woolly rhinoceros recovered from an Ice Age wolf's stomach have given new clues about the demise of the species. Analysis of the rhino's genome suggests the extinct animal…...
A scalable two-step genome editing strategy for generating full-length gene-humanized mice at diverse genomic loci - Nature Communications
19+ hour, 58+ min ago (1768+ words) Mouse ES cells were cultured in an ES cell medium comprising Knockout DMEM (Gibco), 1GlutaMAX-" (Gibco), 1MEM NEAA (Gibco), 100UmL1 penicillin (Wako), 100gmL1 streptomycin (Wako), 15% FBS (Gibco), 0.1mM mercaptoethanol (Nacalai Tesque), 1000UmL1 human LIF (Wako), 0.2M PD0325901 (Stemgent) and 3M CHIR99021 (Stemgent) on MEFs irradiated with X-ray. Peripheral blood was…...
Biologist Toby Kiers Wins Tyler Prize for Revealing Fungal Networks
21+ hour, 1+ min ago (329+ words) Beneath forests, grasslands and farmlands lies a vast, largely unseen system that helps regulate Earth's climate. American evolutionary biologist Toby Kiers has been awarded the prestigious Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement for transforming scientific understanding of these underground fungal networks…...
Scientists Argue Industrial Life Mismatches Human Biology
21+ hour, 6+ min ago (154+ words) Contemporary environments generate persistent stress levels unlike the sporadic threats faced by early humans. Activities such as heavy commuting, prolonged sitting, and constant digital exposure activate stress systems historically reserved for acute dangers, resulting in a lack of natural recovery…...
Plant discovery could lead to new ways of producing medicines
21+ hour, 54+ min ago (511+ words) Scientists have shown how plants produce powerful natural chemicals that could help in the production of new medicines in more environmentally friendly ways. Plants make substances called alkaloids to protect themselves, and humans have long taken advantage of these chemicals,…...
Magnetobiology: Beyond attraction
1+ day, 31+ min ago (846+ words) Magnetobiology: Beyond attraction'Open Access Government Jinxing Li and Christopher H. Contag delve into the emerging field of magnetobiology, which utilizes magnetic fields to manipulate and control living systems, while reflecting on its potential to surpass the limitations of other modalities Magnetobiology:…...
Mission to Mars: from biological barriers to ethical impediments – Physics World
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (275+ words) Emma Chapman reviews Becoming Martian: How Living in Space Will Change Our Bodies and Minds by Scott Solomon This book's strength lies in its authorship: it is not written by a physicist enthralled by the engineering challenge of Mars, nor…...