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Expert Explains | Scientists can now miniaturise proteins with AI. Here’s what that unlocks
7+ hour, 32+ min ago (618+ words) Why would anyone want a smaller protein? Proteins are already minuscule, typically a few nanometres across. Shrinking them sounds like a strange goal until you consider that, much as with a compact car in a crowded city, a smaller version…...
China Medical University Investigates Gene-Editing Trial Death
9+ hour, 21+ min ago (545+ words) Beijing. A top Chinese medical university is investigating the death of a young woman in an experimental gene-editing trial conducted by a leading expert at its affiliated hospital, raising serious concerns about ethics in China's burgeoning biomedical industry. Shanghai Jiao…...
Death in Chinese gene-editing trial exposes ethical fault lines | BioWorld
20+ hour, 6+ min ago (22+ words) Death in Chinese gene-editing trial exposes ethical fault lines BioWorld News Death in Chinese gene-editing trial exposes ethical fault lines...
Tumors Dysregulate Immune Cells in the Thymus | Immunology And Lymphatic System
23+ hour, 28+ min ago (497+ words) Tumors Dysregulate Immune Cells in the Thymus Labroots Tumors Dysregulate Immune Cells in the Thymus The immune system is made up of a wide range of cells to fight off disease. Each cell works in an orchestrated fashion to achieve…...
Overestimations in the cyclization efficiency of small, restriction
20+ hour, 34+ min ago (45+ words) Leng, F. Overestimations in the cyclization efficiency of small, restriction enzyme-digested DNA fragments. Nat Protoc (2026). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41596-026-01423-0 Overestimations in the cyclization efficiency of small, restriction enzyme-digested DNA fragments...
Kidney transplant despite poor initial conditions: New drug sustainably
21+ hour, 55+ min ago (435+ words) An international research team led by the Medical University of Vienna reports on a new treatment strategy that has made a kidney transplant possible for a patient with no realistic chance of receiving a suitable donor organ....
Creating true and false memories from forgotten information in Drosophila
22+ hour, 8+ min ago (56+ words) Yang, W., Zattera, B., Pavão-Delgado, M. et al. Creating true and false memories from forgotten information in Drosophila. Nat Neurosci (2026). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41593-026-02381-2 [blank] Yang, W., Zattera, B., Pavão-Delgado, M Creating true and false memories from forgotten information in Drosophila...
Cell-autonomous immunity as an integrated immune network against bacterial and viral pathogens | Nature Microbiology
1+ day, 6+ hour ago (1722+ words) Randow, F., MacMicking, J. D. & James, L. C. Cellular self-defense: how cell-autonomous immunity protects against pathogens. Science 340, 701–706 (2013). Vaishnava, S. et al. The antibacterial lectin RegIIIγ promotes the spatial segregation of microbiota and host in the intestine. Science 334, 255–258 (2011). Chen, R. et al. Pattern recognition receptors: function,…...
CU-Lock Haven biology major earns national recognition through NOAA’s elite Hollings Scholarship
1+ day, 10+ hour ago (253+ words) LOCK HAVEN -- An internet search done freshman year eventually turned into a major career move for one Commonwealth University-Lock Haven biology major, who has landed a coveted NOAA Hollings Scholarship and a chance to dive deeper into marine science. "I…...
Rock-eating fungi flourish deep below our feet
1+ day, 9+ hour ago (716+ words) Credit: Quinn Moon University of Michigan ANN ARBOR—Hundreds of feet below Earth’s surface, rocks and water teem with fungi and support complex ecosystems of tiny organisms, according to a University of Michigan study, which finds that fungi are far…...