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Genome-Wide Study Reveals lncRNAs and miRNAs Regulating Radish Flower
4+ hour, 47+ min ago (833+ words) Development Bioengineer.org...
Motherhood accelerates biological ageing through pregnancy and postpartum
7+ hour, 50+ min ago (92+ words) Pregnancy may be one of the most physiologically demanding experiences the human body can undergo, and a new review suggests that its biological costs are written into our cells. Writing in the journal Biogerontology, researchers Laura Collopy and Yana Kolenichenko…...
Mapping the Dynamic Plant Interactome: New Quantitative In Vivo Approaches
9+ hour, 9+ min ago (78+ words) Every process that keeps a plant alive—from the immune responses that fend off pathogens to the signaling cascades that help roots find water—depends on proteins physically touching one another. These countless molecular handshakes, collectively known as the protein…...
Beneficial fungus found inside Vanda tessellata boosts plant growth
16+ hour, 25+ min ago (714+ words) In a discovery that could reshape how one of the world’s most treasured medicinal orchids is propagated and conserved, researchers at the University of Kerala have isolated and characterized a fungal endophyte living quietly inside the tissues of Vanda tessellata,…...
Multi-omics reveals chromatin states governing tendon cell homeostasis
16+ hour, 41+ min ago (744+ words) The humble tendon, that rope-like tissue anchoring muscle to bone, has long kept its molecular secrets hidden. Now a team of researchers in China has pulled back the curtain on the epigenetic machinery that defines tenocytes, the specialized cells responsible…...
Pine pollen diet masculinizes Nile tilapia by altering sex genes and
18+ hour, 59+ min ago (104+ words) In a finding that could reshape one of aquaculture’s most controversial practices, researchers in Uganda and South Africa have shown that ordinary pine pollen—the fine, powdery substance produced in vast quantities by pine trees—can transform an all-female population…...
MCC protein links Wnt signaling to blood vessel polarity and remodeling
22+ hour, 9+ min ago (99+ words) In a discovery that rewrites part of the molecular playbook governing how blood vessels build and refine themselves, researchers in France and Canada have identified the protein MCC—better known for its association with colorectal cancer—as a crucial link…...
Molybdenum disulfide thermosensitive hydrogel disrupts biofilms to heal
1+ day, 29+ min ago (615+ words) Diabetic wounds have long been among the most stubborn challenges in clinical medicine. High blood sugar, poor circulation, and a chronically inflamed microenvironment conspire to stall the normal repair process, turning minor injuries into chronic ulcers that can persist for…...
WGS2IBI: Cloud Workflow Enables Personalized Bayesian Analysis of Genome
1+ day, 28+ min ago (747+ words) A team of computational geneticists and epidemiologists has unveiled a cloud-based workflow that promises to strip away one of the most persistent barriers in precision medicine: the sheer difficulty of analyzing whole-genome sequencing data at scale, reproducibly, and without access…...
GASA/snakin proteins reveal conserved structure and diverse plant functions
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (59+ words) Deep inside plant genomes lies a family of small proteins so structurally rigid that they survive boiling, so chemically versatile that they can both shield cells from oxidative damage and, in some contexts, promote it, and so evolutionarily ancient that…...