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Submit your COVID-19 data to the global vaccine effort

September 4, 2020
News
More than 73,000 users collaborate on a new online platform set up by the European Open Science Cloud Initiative, where scientists share COVID-19 data and accelerate our understanding of the...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biochemistry, Bioinformatics, Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Biotechnology, Covid-19, Developmental Biology, Drug Discovery, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Genetics, Haematology, Health, Health/Diagnostics, Immunology, Life Sciences, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health, Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Pathology, Pharma, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacology, Proteomics & Genomics, Virology
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Supergenes play a larger role in evolution than previously thought

July 16, 2020
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Massive blocks of genes--inherited together 'plug and play' style--may play a larger role in evolutionary adaption than previously thought, according to new research in Nature. Biologists identified 37 of these...
Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Developmental Biology, Environment, Genetics
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New molecular tool precisely edits mitochondrial DNA

July 14, 2020
News
The genome in mitochondria -- the cell's energy-producing organelles -- is involved in disease and key biological functions, and the ability to precisely alter this DNA would allow scientists to...
Life Sciences
Biochemistry, Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Biotechnology, Cell Biology, Genetics, Health, Health/Diagnostics, Immunology, Life Sciences, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health, Microbiology, Molecular Biology
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New candidate for raw material synthesis through gene transfer

July 13, 2020
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Cyanobacteria hardly need any nutrients and use the energy of sunlight. Bathers are familiar with these microorganisms - often incorrectly called "blue-green algae" - as they often occur in waters....
Life Sciences, Materials, Physics & Engineering
Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Biotechnology, Chemical Engineering, Developmental Biology, Engineering, Genetics, Materials, Materials Science, Microbiology, Molecular Biology
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Your dog may be older than you think

July 8, 2020
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If there's one myth that has persisted through the years without much evidence, it's this: multiply your dog's age by seven to calculate how old they are in ‘human years’....
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Genetics
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Higher rates of severe COVID-19 in ethnic minorities remain unexplained

June 23, 2020
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Higher rates of severe COVID-19 infections among ethnic minorities are not explained by socioeconomic or behavioural factors, cardiovascular disease risk, or by vitamin D status, according to new research led...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Covid-19, Genetics, Health, Health/Diagnostics, Immunology, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health
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Activation of the SARS coronavirus 2 revealed

May 5, 2020
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The Infection Biology Unit of the German Primate Center (DPZ) - Leibniz Institute for Primate Research has now shown that the activation sequence for entry of SARS coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)...
Life Sciences
Biochemistry, Biology, Biotech, Cell Biology, Covid-19, Genetics, Medical/Health, Microbiology, Molecular Biology
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Volunteer data to build new AI diagnostics

July 26, 2019
News
The UK government has announced a volunteer programme that will support the development of new treatment and diagnosis technology.
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Biotechnology, Developmental Biology, Drug Discovery, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Genetics, Health & Safety, Health/Diagnostics, Medical Diagnostics, Medical/Health, Pharma, Pharmaceutical, Policy, Proteomics & Genomics
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Patent triumph for CRISPR inventors

June 17, 2019
News
The US Patent office has recently (May 28) issued a patent to the French biologist Emmanuelle Charpentier and US colleague Jennifer Doudna covering the methods of modulating DNA transcription with...
Life Sciences
Biology, Biotech, Biotechnology, Genetics
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CRISPR edit linked with increased mortality risk

June 5, 2019
News
The genetic mutation made last year by a Chinese scientist using the CRISPR technique has been associated with an increased risk of death by more than a fifth.
Life Sciences
Biology, Biotech, Biotechnology, Genetics
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