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Hummingbirds and pineapples: why this ancient relationship hits the evolutionary sweetspot
45+ min ago (494+ words) Over the past 20 million years, bromeliads repeatedly evolved new adaptations to the point that some of them are hard to recognise as close cousins. However, one idea that dates back to Charles Darwin is perhaps the strongest, and that is…...
FDA draft guidance highlights the growing importance of long-read sequencing for genome editing safety assessment
3+ hour, 58+ min ago (946+ words) See how Charles University increased their annual publications by adopting a Pac Bio Hi Fi long-read workflow that reduced project timelines from months to a single sequencing run. Monday'Friday 7 AM ' 5 PM PST The FDA's recent draft guidance, Safety Assessment of…...
Drosophila provides a powerful genetic model for understanding extracellular vesicle biology
3+ hour, 55+ min ago (423+ words) A new review published in EXO " Beyond the Cell examines how the genetic model organism Drosophila melanogaster has become an important experimental system for investigating conserved mechanisms of EV biology. The review argues that the complementary strengths of Drosophila and…...
ARPA-H bookmarks $160 M for custom gene editing treatments. Is it enough?
2+ hour, 11+ min ago (62+ words) Endpoints News ARPA-H book'marks $160 M for cus'tom gene edit'ing treat'ments. Is it enough? Af'ter an in'fant last year was saved from a dead'ly dis'ease thanks to a be'spoke gene edit'ing ther'a'py that fixed an in'cred'i'bly " Think we're worth reading - tell…...
This rare British butterfly looks familiar, but its genome tells a very different story
8+ hour, 34+ min ago (16+ words) Phys. org...
Blended Genome'Exome Sequencing Slashes Costs Without Quality Loss
3+ hour, 5+ min ago (550+ words) Inside Precision Medicine A novel sequencing strategy that combines low-pass whole-genome sequencing with deep whole-exome sequencing in a single assay could significantly lower the cost of large-scale genomic studies without sacrificing analytical performance, according to a study published in Nature…...
Loss of TDP-43 Strips Microglia of Their Brain-Cleaning Power
3+ hour, 36+ min ago (440+ words) Source: University of Lausanne Rosa Chiara Paolicelli's team at the Department of Biomedical Sciences of Unil uncovered a new role for the TDP-43 protein in controlling the function of microglia, the immune cells of the brain. Their study shows how…...
Blood stem cells remember inflammation, Nature study finds
7+ hour, 48+ min ago (420+ words) A University of Toronto-led team of researchers has identified a new type of stem cell that can pass on the memory of inflammatory stress. Published recently in Nature, the findings provide insight into how environmental exposures can shape our long-term…...
Groundbreaking Discovery on Ancient Maize Farmers
6+ hour, 13+ min ago (633+ words) PUBLISHED ON July 9, 2026 So how, then, did early maize farmers survive and thrive as maize consumption was rapidly increasing? "What we found is that these early communities weren't simply adopting agriculture for calories," said Neff. "They were actually actively engineering…...
Genome editing in rats enables more accurate ER+ breast cancer models
5+ hour, 36+ min ago (463+ words) Rat disease models have played an integral role in scientific discovery and cancer research, including Nobel Prize-winning work from Charles Huggins on hormone therapy for prostate cancer in 1966. However, technical challenges in genetic engineering of rat models have limited their…...