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Climate change plus weeds could significantly reduce corn yield

By the end of the century, scientists expect climate change to reduce corn yield significantly, with some estimating losses up to 28%.

8 Sep 2021

Exploring more about sesame seed cultivation

Sesame is one of the most versatile crops. Sesame seeds are a reservoir of healthy fats and protein. The oil extracted from sesame seeds is a premium cooking oil.

8 Sep 2021

Stem cell transplantation leaves no scars in the DNA of transplanted cells

Stem cell transplants do not lead to changes in the DNA of the donor cells. That's according to a new study, which provides important evidence for the safety of this procedure.

8 Sep 2021

New framework to evaluate the risks of antibiotic resistance genes

Scientists have created a useful framework to assess the risks of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs).

8 Sep 2021

Study details replication and immune evasion of Delta SARS-CoV-2 variant

According to scientists, the Delta variant of SARS-CoV-2 has likely spread through its capability to avoid neutralizing antibodies and its heightened infectivity.

8 Sep 2021

Polygenic risk scores are no better in predicting disease, says study

Scientists went through the records of more than 8,000 schizophrenia patients and identified a tool used for assessing an individual’s genetic risk for a disease.

8 Sep 2021

Researchers reveal how aspen forests change genetic structure to adapt to changing environments

Watching paint dry has nothing on watching a forest grow. That achingly long wait has always made it challenging to study how forests adapt to environmental fluctuations -; making it that much harder to predict how they'll fare in a changing climate or under new pest pressures.

7 Sep 2021

Study explores the efficiency of CasMINI, an engineered CRISPR-Cas system

A compact CRISPR-Cas system, known as CasMINI, can be employed for gene-therapy and cell-engineering applications as it is easier to deliver into cells.

7 Sep 2021

Drug-resistant Salmonella serovar Enteritidis genome sequenced by experts

Scientists sequenced the genome of a virulent Salmonella Enteritidis strain and discovered that it was both antibiotic-resistant and could affect people.

7 Sep 2021

Study provides deep insights into the association between genes and diseases

Scientists examined genomic data from more than 30,000 individuals and unraveled thousands of new regulatory regions that regulate disease-linked genes.

7 Sep 2021

Researchers discover the role of a retrotransposon in horizontal memory transfer in roundworms

When an organism encounters a threat in its environment, it is to the species' advantage to warn others of the peril.

6 Sep 2021

Plant bulbs harboring lethal pathogen make the perfect lab for evolving drug-resistant strains

Just when we thought it was safe to go to the local garden center, researchers from Japan have discovered that fungicide-resistant strains of a nasty pathogen have been getting up to no good among the tulip bulbs.

6 Sep 2021

Miniature CRISPR-Cas system expands applicability and implications further

For the first time, Stanford researchers have miniaturized CRISPR for mammalian gene editing, which magnifies the scope of CRISPR technology.

3 Sep 2021

Researchers generate first "atlas" of human melanocytes in the body

Researchers at Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah (U of U) have generated the first "atlas" of human melanocytes located throughout the body.

From The University of Utah 3 Sep 2021

Growing wheat endowed with biological nitrification inhibition raises productivity, quality

An international collaboration has discovered and transferred to elite wheat varieties a wild-grass chromosome segment that causes roots to secrete natural inhibitors of nitrification, offering a way to dial back on heavy fertilizer use for wheat and to reduce the crop's nitrogen leakage into waterways and air, while maintaining or raising its productivity and grain quality, says a new report in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.

3 Sep 2021

Scientists develop data analysis platform to enhance apple breeding process

A new platform housing data from over 100 apple varieties could shave years off of the breeding process and enable data-driven assessments of how to boost the health benefits of America's favorite fruit.

3 Sep 2021

Study reveals possibilities to disrupt dynamics and halt SARS-CoV-2 transmission

Researchers have simulated the transition of the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein structure from the time it recognizes the host cell to its entry into the cell.

2 Sep 2021

UMSOM study suggests a genetic basis behind instantaneous human compatibility

Have you ever met someone you instantly liked, or at other times, someone who you knew immediately that you did not want to be friends with, although you did not know why?

2 Sep 2021

Experts decode the genetic mechanism governing the speed of mRNA translation

The genetic material of all eukaryotic organisms is stored in the cell nucleus in the form of DNA. The DNA is first transcribed into messenger RNA in the cell cytoplasm and later translated into protein using ribosomes for it to be used, where ribosomes are small machines capable of decoding messenger RNA to synthesize the relevant proteins.

1 Sep 2021

New approach to enhance cell-free biosynthesis with engineered yeast extracts

Think of cells as tiny factories: within their walls they have both the machinery to make products such as proteins, and the mechanisms for maintenance to keep processes running smoothly.

31 Aug 2021