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Machine Learning May Make Prenatal Genetic Testing More Reliable
40+ min ago (524+ words) Advances in genome sequencing are opening a new window onto fetal health, allowing clinicians to examine an unborn baby’s DNA for changes associated with genetic and neurodevelopmental conditions. Yet the same technology that can reveal potentially important mutations can also…...
Miniature microscope lets scientists observe and control brain cells during
4+ hour, 40+ min ago (400+ words) A tiny microscope weighing just five grams could give neuroscientists an unprecedented view of how individual brain cells control behavior while animals move naturally....
Arkansas researchers map genetic neighborhoods to identify disease-causing
4+ hour, 39+ min ago (391+ words) Scientists in Arkansas have developed a machine-learning approach that can identify potentially disease-causing strains of a poultry bacterium by analyzing not only which genes are present, but also how those genes are arranged across the genome....
High-resolution X-ray imaging reveals leaf interiors, guiding efforts to
5+ hour, 9+ min ago (338+ words) A new three-dimensional look inside sorghum leaves is revealing how crops may be redesigned to use less water without sacrificing the carbon dioxide they need for photosynthesis. Using high-resolution micro-computed tomography, or microCT, researchers have mapped the connections between leaf…...
The Complete Diploid Human Genome Has Finally Been Sequenced
19+ hour, 18+ min ago (640+ words) In 2022, the first human genome was completed, filling in the last 8% of the genome left unresolved by the Human Genome Project. Researchers have now gone one step further and reconstructed a complete diploid genome, establishing the most complete and highest-quality…...
Plasma protein signatures linked to extubation outcomes in extremely
11+ hour, 58+ min ago (366+ words) Extremely premature infants who require mechanical ventilation face a difficult transition when clinicians attempt to remove the breathing tube. Extubation can be a major step toward recovery, yet some infants are unable to sustain independent breathing and must be reintubated....
Marine fungi harbor giant endogenous viral remnants that co-diversified
15+ hour, 50+ min ago (490+ words) Marine fungi may be preserving a hidden record of ancient viral evolution, according to a study by S.K. Whitner, A.S. Amend and A.I. Culley published in npj Viruses....
Constructing Digital Twin Brains Beyond Measurement Limits
1+ day, 5+ min ago (502+ words) The idea of creating a digital copy of the human brain has long belonged more to science fiction than to working biology....
DNA Repair Crew Has Favorites
1+ day, 14+ hour ago (220+ words) In this new study, Afek's team sought to characterize where in the genome repair enzymes succeed and where they are less effective. To do this, they developed a chip with thousands of short DNA molecules attached to it, all carrying…...
Earth extremophile can grow in near-Mars-like conditions
1+ day, 14+ hour ago (657+ words) We have found tantalising hints that not only was there once life on Mars, but that it might still exist on the Red Planet. Now, a study here on Earth has made that idea more plausible by showing that salt-loving,…...