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'Milestone': Scientists claim to build synthetic cell, raising concerns in step toward artificial life - AOL
12+ hour, 1+ min ago (410+ words) Scientists at the University of Minnesota say they have built the most life-like synthetic cell yet, creating a laboratory-made system assembled entirely from nonliving components that can grow, replicate its genetic material, divide and even pass beneficial traits to future…...
Bio Bloom, A Method For Barcoded Saturation Mutagenesis Of An Entire Bacterial Genome
14+ hour, 9+ min ago (150+ words) [biorxiv. org] Saturation mutagenesis is a powerful tool for understanding and engineering the function of biological systems, and has been applied successfully to characterize the mutational landscape of individual proteins and genetic loci. However, it has not been applied at…...
New imaging reveals nerves with stunning clarity
5+ hour, 44+ min ago (546+ words) Why would a tiny tissue sample from a rat's knee hold the key to unlocking the mysteries of chronic jaw pain? The question is not as bizarre as it sounds. Temporomandibular disorders, a group of more than 30 conditions causing pain…...
Researchers uncover the inside story on plant organ growth
6+ hour, 28+ min ago (544+ words) image: The team used a labelled version of a protein that regulates stem thickness. This helped them to understand the role of this protein indeterminingthe orientation of cell division view more Research has shed intriguing new light on the genetics…...
Breakthrough Genetic Screen Reveals Human Development
11+ hour, 42+ min ago (290+ words) A new genetic screening method allows researchers to efficiently modulate individual genes across entire tissues and provides new insights into human development. The research, published previously as a Reviewed Preprint in e Life and appearing today as the final Version…...
Student sampling microbes from a Christmas tree.
22+ hour, 5+ min ago (61+ words) (IMAGE) Eurek Alert! Student sampling microbes from a Christmas tree. Giulia Ghisleni and Antonia Bruno Credit must be given to the creator. Only noncommercial uses of the work are permitted. No derivatives or adaptations of the work are permitted. More…...
Universal cell embedding provides a foundation model for cell biology
14+ hour, 21+ min ago (1688+ words) Nature (2026) Cite this article UCE is trained in a fully self-supervised manner, without using any cell type or dataset-based annotations. While incorporating cell type labels into the model design or training could seem advantageous, it is preferable for the organization…...
Researchers Uncover Inside Story On Plant Organ Growth
14+ hour, 26+ min ago (612+ words) Research has shed intriguing new light on the genetics underlying the diverse plant organ shapes we see in agriculture and nature. Despite more than a century of scientific investigation into the role of inner and outer tissues, there is still…...
Bio-Techne launches expanded R&D Systems AI-Engineered Designer Protein Portfolio
17+ hour, 54+ min ago (170+ words) Bio-Techne Corporation, a global provider of life science tools, reagents, and diagnostic products, today announced the launch of new additions to its R&D Systems" AI-Engineered Designer Protein portfolio, designed to improve reproducibility and performance across advanced cell culture and…...
Researchers edited Chardonnay genes to target mildew resistance
1+ day, 8+ hour 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…...