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Exploring the Probiotic Potential of Fungi in Food Production

As detailed in a recent study, two fungi employed in food production exhibit promising probiotic properties that could help alleviate gut inflammation. This research sheds light on a potential avenue for creating novel probiotics.

27 Oct 2023

New Insights Into the Role of Autophagy in Yeast Aging

Aging is an inevitable process that impacts all cell types, making yeast cells a common choice as a model organism in aging research.

26 Oct 2023

Engineering Plants to Turn Red in the Presence of Toxic Pesticide

Imagine if houseplants could alert one to unsafe water conditions. Scientists are making strides toward this innovative idea by successfully modifying a plant to change its color to beet red when it detects the presence of a prohibited and harmful pesticide.

24 Oct 2023

Yeast-Based Method Could Accelerate Discovery of Plant-Based Medicinal Compounds

Cornell researchers have harnessed the power of baker's yeast to create a cost-effective and highly efficient approach for unraveling how plants synthesize medicinal compounds, and used the new method to identify key enzymes in a kratom tree.

19 Oct 2023

Fruit Fly Model Provides Insights into Pathogenesis of New Genetic Disorder

Research conducted in the laboratory of Dr Hugo J. Bellen, a Distinguished Service Professor at Baylor College of Medicine and a principal investigator at the Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute (Duncan NRI) at Texas Children's Hospital, has identified a novel disorder linked to gain-of-function variants in the DOT1L gene.

16 Oct 2023

New Findings Suggest Endosymbiotic Origin of Apoptosis

Apoptosis, frequently described as programmed cell death, is a fundamental mechanism essential for the growth and development of multicellular organisms.

13 Oct 2023

The Astute White Blood Cell Defense

Neutrophils, the most prevalent kind of white blood cell, are able to block Candida albicans toxin, according to study from Umeå University. EMBO Reports has published the findings.

6 Oct 2023

New System to Quickly Detect Airborne Viruses Using High-Speed Train Technology

Researchers from University of British Columbia and Michigan State University have invented a system that can quickly and inexpensively detect airborne viruses using the same technology that enables high-speed trains.

24 Aug 2023

Deep Learning Methods Developed For Computational Protein Design

The key to understanding proteins -; such as those that govern cancer, COVID-19, and other diseases -; is quite simple. Identify their chemical structure and find which other proteins can bind to them. But there's a catch.

11 Aug 2023

UK Food-Tech Business Clean Food Group Announces Strategic Collaboration with LATAM Food Technology Specialist, Alianza Team

Pioneering UK-based bio-tech business Clean Food Group is pleased to announce a new investment and strategic collaboration with Alianza Team, the Latin American food production and lipid-based technology expert, a leading company in the world of lipids, nutrition and frozen bakery.

9 Aug 2023

Malaria Parasite’s Meiosis Could Hold the Key to New Treatments

Researchers from the Universities of Leicester and Nottingham have been awarded nearly £600,000 to investigate how sexual development and gene shuffling inside the malaria parasite can help regulate malaria transmission.

7 Aug 2023

Analyzing Deep Learning Methods for Computational Protein Design

4 Aug 2023

Gut Hormone Plays a Vital Role in Maintaining the Balance of Fungi in the Digestive System of Mammals

Peptide YY (PYY), a hormone produced by gut endocrine cells that was already known to control appetite, also plays an important role in maintaining the balance of fungi in the digestive system of mammals, according to new research from the University of Chicago.

4 Aug 2023

Researchers Discover New Way to Attack Fungal Infections

Researchers at the RIKEN Center for Sustainable Research Science (CSRS) and the University of Toronto have discovered a new way to attack fungal infections.

1 Aug 2023

Cornell Researchers Develop a Multimodal Platform to Image Biohybrids

When considering ways to sustainably generate environmentally friendly products, bacteria might not immediately spring to mind.

31 Jul 2023

Towards Artificial Photosynthesis with Engineering of Protein Crystals in Bacteria

In-cell engineering can be a powerful tool for synthesizing functional protein crystals with promising catalytic properties, show researchers at Tokyo Tech.

26 Jul 2023

Identifying The Best Antibodies Using X-Rays

Imagine you're going to a party where you only know a single person. While you've been friends with this person for a long time, you're concerned about them leaving you alone in a room full of strangers. Even though they promise they'll stick by your side, they immediately walk away from you upon entering the party to speak to someone else they know.

26 Jul 2023

In-Cell Engineering Proves to be a Powerful Tool for Synthesizing Functional Protein Crystals

In-cell engineering can be a powerful tool for synthesizing functional protein crystals with promising catalytic properties, show researchers at Tokyo Tech.

26 Jul 2023

New Insights Into How Genes Are Activated

Genetic information contained within DNA has to be read by specific proteins that enable the process of gene activation to begin – but in many cases, these proteins can't access their targets because DNA strands are bundled up to control what genes are used in the wide range of different cell types.

12 Jul 2023

C. auris in Ear Canals of Stray Dogs Could Pose Risk to Humans

Researchers from McMaster University and the University of Delhi in India have isolated and identified the first live culture of the drug-resistant pathogen Candida auris from an animal, particularly from the ear canals of stray dogs.

10 Jul 2023