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Engineering Speciation Events in Insects May Be Used to Control Harmful Pests

Sep. 8, 2020 — This research provides the foundations for scientists to be able to prevent genetically modified organisms from reproducing with wild organisms. ...

Experimental COVID-19 Vaccine Prevents Severe Disease in Mice

Aug. 12, 2020 — Researchers have created a COVID-19 vaccine candidate from a replicating virus. This experimental vaccine has proven effective at preventing pneumonia in ...

Two Paths of Aging: New Insights on Promoting Healthspan

July 16, 2020 — Scientists have unraveled key mechanisms behind the mysteries of aging. They isolated two distinct paths that cells travel during aging and engineered a new way to genetically program these processes ...

New Candidate for Raw Material Synthesis Through Gene Transfer

July 2, 2020 — Cyanobacteria hardly need any nutrients and use the energy of sunlight. Bathers are familiar with these microorganisms as they often occur in waters. A group of researchers has discovered that the ...

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E. Coli Engineered to Grow on CO2 and Formic Acid as Sole Carbon Sources

Sep. 29, 2020 — A metabolic engineering research group has developed a strategy to grow an E. coli strain to higher cell density solely on CO2 and formic acid. Formic acid is a one carbon carboxylic acid, and can be ...

New Treatment for Drug-Resistant Bacterial Infections

Sep. 2, 2020 — A new antibacterial agent that has been engineered to essentially hide from the human immune system may treat life-threatening MRSA infections. A new article provides details on the agent, which is ...

Japanese Sake: The New Pick-Me-Up? Yeast Strain Makes Fatigue-Fighting Ornithine

Aug. 27, 2020 — Researchers have found that that a mutant strain of sake yeast produces high levels of the amino acid ornithine. Ornithine has been found to reduce ...

Native Desert Bighorn Sheep in Ecologically Intact Areas Are Less Vulnerable to Climate Change

Aug. 26, 2020 — In the American Southwest, native desert bighorn sheep populations found in landscapes with minimal human disturbance, including several national ...

New Tool for Identifying Endangered Corals Could Aid Conservation Efforts

Aug. 25, 2020 — A newly developed genotyping 'chip' -- the first of its kind for corals -- allows researchers to genetically identify corals and the symbiotic algae that live within the coral's cells, a vital step ...

Fireflies Shed Light on the Function of Mitochondria

Aug. 12, 2020 — By making mice bioluminescent, scientists have found a way to monitor the activity of mitochondria in living ...

Researchers Develop New Mouse Model for SARS-CoV-2

Aug. 4, 2020 — Researchers have developed a new mouse model to study SARS-CoV-2 infection and disease and to accelerate testing of novel treatments and vaccines against the novel coronavirus. The study also ...

Returning to Farming's Roots in the Battle Against the 'Billion-Dollar Beetle'

July 20, 2020 — Entomologists reaffirm the importance of crop rotation and diversification in combating the western corn rootworm's resistance to biotech ...

Antioxidants in Corn Line Could Aid Human IBD Protection, Therapy

July 7, 2020 — Flavonoids from a specific line of corn act as anti-inflammatory agents in the guts of mice with an inflammatory-bowel-disease-like condition, according to a team of researchers who said ...

Genomic Variation Causing Common Autoinflammatory Disease May Increase Resilience to Bubonic Plague

June 29, 2020 — Researchers have discovered that Mediterranean populations may be more susceptible to an autoinflammatory disease called familial Mediterranean fever ...