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Comment: Why gene-editing is a must in bananas | Comment
1+ hour, 6+ min ago (310+ words) Climate change and disease pressure are making gene-editing increasingly important to the future success of the banana sector, argues agri-scientist James Dale Gene editing has big potential for future varietal development in bananas The two dominant types of Cavendish, Grand…...
Scientists Just Found Sugar in the Milky Way, and It Could Rewrite the Story of Life
1+ hour, 56+ min ago (385+ words) For the first time, scientists have detected a sugar molecule floating in clouds of interstellar dust and gas near the centre of the Milky Way. The discovery, reported in the journal Nature Astronomy, suggests that compounds fundamental to life can…...
Reinventing perilla: genome editing boosts a traditional herb’s potential
6+ hour, 1+ min ago (456+ words) Genome-edited perilla plants (left) showing a striking color change from red to green and enhanced accumulation of the health-promoting flavonoid luteolin. (Matsushita et al. / Hiroshima Prefectural Technology Research Institute) From traffic lights to fashion trends, changing from red to green…...
Study Shows Oxygenic Photosynthesis Possible Using Only One Photosystem
53+ min ago (135+ words) LMU researchers have reported a striking challenge to a long-standing textbook rule of photosynthesis: oxygenic photosynthesis can, in principle, occur without photosystem I. The study, published in Nature Communications, shows that certain cyanobacteria continued to grow, fix carbon dioxide, and release…...
Post-doc position on Shh dynamics in limb development at NIH
10+ hour, 14+ min ago (174+ words) Posted by Susan Mackem, on 16 July 2026 Patel and Mackem (2025) PNAS. Dual Bmp-negative feedback loops modulate function of both AER and ZPA to buffer and constrain postaxial digit number. 122: e2427249122. doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2427249122 Zhu et al. (2022) Dev Cell. Sonic hedgehog is not…...
Kinesin-1 Motor Protein: Mechanics and Cell Transport
14+ hour, 17+ min ago (655+ words) SFL Educational News Service The Core Concept: Kinesin-1 is a highly specialized motor protein that sustains nerve cells by hauling vital cargo, such as packages of neurotransmitters, from the cellular center to the distant tips of the cell's branches. “This…...
New Fungal Species Named After Sweden’s King Unveiled
11+ hour, 8+ min ago (333+ words) Uppsala University researchers have identified a completely new fungal species, naming it Semicentenialea rex in honor of Sweden’s King Carl XVI Gustaf’s 50 years on the throne. The name is not just ceremonial: assigning a formal Latin title to an organism…...
In vitro model of the human embryonic disc takes flight - Nature Structural & Molecular Biology
16+ hour, 56+ min ago (391+ words) In vitro model of the human embryonic disc takes flight Nature Thank you for visiting nature.com. You are using a browser version with limited support for CSS. To obtain the best experience, we recommend you use a more up…...
SIRT5-SUCLG2 Desuccinylation Axis Delays Ovarian Aging Through
13+ hour, 16+ min ago (285+ words) A new study in Nature Communications reports that a molecular pathway involving SIRT5 and SUCLG2 can slow the pace of ovarian aging. The work by Xu, Song, Shi and colleagues frames ovarian decline not only as a problem of energy loss, but…...
‘Clamour to tinker with human germline must be resisted’
18+ hour, 36+ min ago (291+ words) The Guardian has warned that lifting a ban on creating gene-edited humans could have dangerous and unethical ramifications. Responding to polling suggesting a growing public appetite for the controversial technology, and recent discoveries in the laboratory, the newspaper countered that…...