Hidden Root Wars: How Tiny Nematodes Sabotage Legumes and What Breeding Can Do About It
A new review reveals how root-knot, cyst and root-lesion nematodes hijack legume roots and sabotage nitrogen fixation, and why breeding ...
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Genetic Defects Trigger Embryonic Regeneration Programs in Zebrafish
New research in PLOS Biology shows that zebrafish embryos activate regeneration programs in response to genetic developmental defects, partially buffering ...
Tiny Plastics, Big Problem: New Biosensors Race to Detect Micro- and Nanoplastics
A new review highlights how micro- and nanoplastics threaten ecosystems and human health, and how aptamer-based biosensors could finally deliver ...
Scientists Switch On an Embryonic Gene to Rescue a Lethal Blood Disorder
Oxford researchers have identified the DNA switches that silence the embryonic ΞΆ-globin gene and shown that base editing them restores ...
Wheat’s Gb3 Gene Revealed as a Rare Kinase Fusion That Stops Aphids Cold
Researchers have cloned the wheat greenbug resistance gene Gb3, revealing a unique intracellular kinase-pseudokinase protein that deters aphid feeding by ...
Hidden Genome Folds Silence Two Tumor-Suppressing Genes in Aggressive Breast Cancer
Researchers have discovered that DNA methylation evicts the architectural protein CTCF from the HOXD locus, collapsing a chromatin loop that ...
Metadherin emerges as an invasion switch in oral squamous cell carcinoma
New research shows that metadherin, enriched at the invasive front of oral squamous cell carcinoma, drives tumor invasion by selectively ...
Million-Dollar Cures: Why Insurance Policy Now Decides Which Children Get Gene Therapy
A new Pediatric Research commentary argues that insurance coverage and reimbursement policy, not the underlying science, now determine which children ...
Radicals, Gene Rewriting and Living Pharmacies: 2026 Blavatnik Laureates Named
David Nagib, Patrick Hsu and Jonathan Rivnay each received $250,000 at the 2026 Blavatnik Awards' 20th anniversary gala for breakthroughs ...
CRISPR and Genomics Race to Save the World’s Vegetables From Climate Chaos
A new commentary in Discover Plants argues that genomics, CRISPR genome editing, and tissue culture must be integrated with conventional ...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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