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Genetic Study Sheds New Light on the Into- and Out-of-Taiwan Dispersals

The Austronesian language family is one of the largest in the world, comprising over 1,200 languages spoken from Madagascar to Hawaii. Dang Liu, Albert Min-Shan Ko and Mark Stoneking collected genome-wide data from 55 individuals from seven Taiwanese Austronesian groups and two Han-Taiwanese groups to study the genetic structure of Taiwan, the point of origin for all Austronesian-speaking peoples.

17 May 2023

Attaching Microbubbles to Macrophages can Create Tracking Images for Tumor Diagnosis

Macrophages, a type of white blood cell, defend the body by engulfing and digesting foreign particles, such as bacteria, viruses, and dead cells.

9 May 2023

Study Sheds Light on How Foxp2 Gene Controls the Ability to Produce Speech

Mutations of a gene called Foxp2 have been linked to a type of speech disorder called apraxia that makes it difficult to produce sequences of sound. A new study from MIT and National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University sheds light on how this gene controls the ability to produce speech.

5 May 2023

Study Reveals That Transcriptional Buffering Occurs in Rett Syndrome Nerve Cells

Every cell in our body is able to turn genes (DNA) on or off, producing RNA, but when genes are 'turned on' to the wrong level it can result in a variety of health conditions.

3 May 2023

New, Improved Dual Version of Living Yeast Biosensor to Detect All Peptide Variants

Biosensors-;sensors that can detect biological samples-;are powerful tools for understanding the function, composition, and structure of biochemical molecules.

26 Apr 2023

Ancient DNA reveals African founders intermingled with southwest Asian people around 1000 CE

While serfs toiled and knights jousted in Europe and samurai and shoguns rose to power in Japan, the medieval peoples of the Swahili civilization on the coast of East Africa lived in multicultural, coral-stone towns and engaged in trade networks spanning the Indian Ocean.

30 Mar 2023

Genomic analysis shows Ashaninka people are not as homogeneous as previously reported

The Ashaninka are the most numerous Indigenous people living in the rainforests of Peru and Brazil where they inhabit a crucial area between the Andes and sources of the Amazon River. And yet, despite the size of the population and their importance in the past and present, their genetic history has remained understudied.

17 Mar 2023

Novel way to block the death of nerve cells in MND

Scientists have found a novel way to block the transportation of mutant RNA and subsequent production of toxic repeat proteins which lead to the death of nerve cells in the most common subtypes of motor neurone disease (MND) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD).

2 Mar 2023

SXSW 2023 to focus on the critical role microbes in human health

Rebecca Bart, PhD, member at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, and her colleagues from Washington University in St. Louis will be featured on a global stage at South by Southwest on March 11 at 2:30 PM at the JW Marriott, Austin Texas.

28 Feb 2023

DNA methylation for precise gene expression regulation

If the genome is viewed as a guidebook for how a cell should operate, then annotations, highlights, and bookmarks are included on every page.

21 Feb 2023

Unraveling the mystery of massive neural network models

Large language models like OpenAI's GPT-3 are massive neural networks that can generate human-like text, from poetry to programming code.

8 Feb 2023

The Journal, Artificial Intelligence in the Life Sciences, Highlights the Contributions of Women in Artificial Intelligence in the Life Sciences

The journal, Artificial Intelligence in the Life Sciences (AILSCI), published by Elsevier, is set to release a special Themed Article Collection (TAC): Women in AI in the Life Sciences.

30 Jan 2023

Deep-learning model for zinc finger design allows reprogramming of human transcription factors

Researchers at the University of Toronto and New York University have developed a novel technology that can engineer proteins to target any stretch of DNA in the human genome, opening a door toward gene therapies for a broader range of health conditions.

27 Jan 2023

AI develops first-ever functional artificial protein

Scientists have developed an AI system that can produce artificial enzymes from scratch. Even though several of these enzymes’ artificially generated amino acid sequences differed noticeably from those of any known natural protein, they nonetheless performed as well in laboratory testing as those found in nature.

27 Jan 2023

Language News and Research

Genetic Study Sheds New Light on the Into- and Out-of-Taiwan Dispersals

Attaching Microbubbles to Macrophages can Create Tracking Images for Tumor Diagnosis

Study Sheds Light on How Foxp2 Gene Controls the Ability to Produce Speech

Study Reveals That Transcriptional Buffering Occurs in Rett Syndrome Nerve Cells

New, Improved Dual Version of Living Yeast Biosensor to Detect All Peptide Variants

Ancient DNA reveals African founders intermingled with southwest Asian people around 1000 CE

Genomic analysis shows Ashaninka people are not as homogeneous as previously reported

Novel way to block the death of nerve cells in MND

SXSW 2023 to focus on the critical role microbes in human health

DNA methylation for precise gene expression regulation

Unraveling the mystery of massive neural network models

The Journal, Artificial Intelligence in the Life Sciences, Highlights the Contributions of Women in Artificial Intelligence in the Life Sciences

Deep-learning model for zinc finger design allows reprogramming of human transcription factors

AI develops first-ever functional artificial protein

Structure of the complete virion of S. epidermidis–infecting phage revealed

The link between tandem repeats and development of Schizophrenia

Rapid fluctuations in electrical activity within breast cancer cells identified

Genetic study links Madagascar's loss of large vertebrates with human expansion 1,000 years ago

New genome-wide association study of dyslexia

Genome Editing Has A New Code

Driving Support for Pharmaceutical Testing Through Continuous Innovation

From Memory to Metaplasticity: Unraveling the Brain's Secrets

Revolutionizing Mass Spectrometry: A Deep Dive into Plasmion’s SICRIT® Technology

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