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6+ hour, 49+ min ago  (380+ words) Vinetur - United States France Italy Spain Germany United Kingdom China Japan Argentina Mexico Chile Brazil Portugal Australia New Zealand South Africa Researchers edited Chardonnay genes to target mildew resistance The study used CRISPR to create grapevine clones that could reduce…...

14+ hour, 4+ min ago  (440+ words) The kidneys filter about 50 gallons of blood every day, removing waste while helping regulate blood pressure, balance fluid levels and serve other vital functions. But when those organs are damaged by illness or injury, a specialized group of immune cells…...

1+ day, 8+ hour ago  (1220+ words) In a stunning immunological twist, researchers have borrowed a page from the cancer-fighting playbook to devise a living drug that could snuff out allergic asthma at its roots....

1+ day, 14+ hour ago  (738+ words) Far beneath the surface of the ocean lies the largest and least explored habitat on Earth. The deep sea is cold, dark, highly pressurised " and home to a huge amount of undiscovered life. The first hydrothermal vent systems were only…...

1+ day, 16+ hour ago  (173+ words) These aren't your standard farm pigs. Millions of dollars have been spent to create this modified genome to prevent rejection by the human body." " Ayares, president and chief scientific officer of Revivicor. Since 2021, U. S. surgeons have transplanted kidneys and hearts from…...

1+ day, 19+ hour ago  (662+ words) inkl How Manta Rays Use Magnetic Fields to Navigate the Ocean and What Marine Research Reveals The Animal That Reads the Earth A reef manta ray tagged off the Maldives in 2015 travelled over 1, 100 kilometres in a single migratory leg, crossing…...

2+ week, 19+ hour ago  (1002+ words) Watch Engaging Videos From Our Youtube A few years ago, bringing back the woolly mammoth sounded like the kind of idea that belonged in a movie script, not a venture-backed biotech company. Today, with Ben Lamm's efforts, it sits at…...

4+ day, 9+ hour ago  (334+ words) A first-of-its-kind genome-editing platform for filamentous fungi has cracked open one of drug discovery's most underexplored vaults, yielding 18 complex molecules from previously dormant chemical pathways " including three that selectively kill cancer cells in laboratory assays. "This neglect is kind of…...

4+ day, 15+ hour ago  (215+ words) Researchers found that a tiny jellyfish relative uses crawling cells and a protein "drawstring" to close wounds in minutes without scars. There is a certain logic to it when you think about it. Researchers just figured out how a jellyfish…...

4+ day, 17+ hour ago  (172+ words) According to " " ": July 2, 6: 30 PM Micro-wounds that pierced just a single cell closed within 3 to 5 minutes, demonstrating the remarkable efficiency of this system. The study also found that Clytia lack blood vessels and inflammatory responses, setting their healing apart from that…...