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Normal DNA Re-Replication Observed as Human Stem Cells Differentiate
3+ hour, 13+ min ago (534+ words) A process long associated with genomic instability may have a carefully controlled role in human development, according to a study published in Cell Death Discovery....
Blocking Xenophagocytosis May Enable Interspecies Organ Generation
4+ hour, 42+ min ago (464+ words) Researchers at the Institute of Science Tokyo and Stanford University have identified a previously unrecognized immune mechanism that rapidly eliminates donor cells during interspecies organ generation. The process, named “xenophagocytosis,” occurs when embryonic macrophages engulf living cells from another species…...
Scientists discover how plants sense when they’ve had enough nutrients
19+ hour, 22+ min ago (467+ words) New York University researchers have identified a molecular switch that tells plants when they have absorbed enough nitrogen, a discovery that could eventually help crops use fertilizer more efficiently and reduce one of agriculture’s most damaging environmental footprints....
Expert Explains | Scientists can now miniaturise proteins with AI. Here’s what that unlocks
1+ day, 9+ hour 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
1+ day, 10+ hour 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
1+ day, 21+ hour 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
2+ day, 57+ 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
1+ day, 22+ hour 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
1+ day, 23+ hour 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
1+ day, 23+ hour 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...