progscrape: biology

‘Google for DNA’ brings order to biology’s big data

53 days ago nature.com biology google

Scientists have identified a single gene that gives rise to a rare form of diabetes, unique to newborn babies

42 days ago sciencealert.com biology diabetes

Sexual selection drives sex difference in adult life expectancy across mammals and birds

57 days ago science.org biology

Knocking out a gene doesn’t always rob the target cells of their mRNA and protein

30 days ago pnas.org biology mrna

Researchers discovered that wild Pacific white-sided dolphins host a surprisingly diverse community of potentially cross-species pathogens, revealing how even common marine mammals can play an important role in understanding ocean and public health connections.

31 days ago doi.org biology

Doctors in China say they transplanted a genetically modified pig liver into a 71-year-old man who lived 171 days after the procedure, and 38 of those days were with the pig organ in place – a first to be published in a peer-reviewed journal.

53 days ago edition.cnn.com biology china

Scientists found out which of the lipids and metabolites in the dead brain stick around for as much as 48 hours

47 days ago mdpi.com biology brain

The production of ‘food boluses’ by Antarctic krill and implications for organic matter transport

50 days ago royalsocietypublishing.org antarctica biology

Sussex scientists find ‘off switch’ that could turbo-charge cancer immunotherapy and prolong lives

2 months ago sussex.ac.uk biology cancer

Parental heat stress was passed to offspring as heightened fear, elevated baseline cortisol, and exaggerated stress responses in ducks

58 days ago sciencedirect.com biology