A new type of cell death discovered in fly guts
A completely unknown type of cell death called “erebosis” has been discovered in the guts of the common fruit fly.
Apr 27
A completely unknown type of cell death called “erebosis” has been discovered in the guts of the common fruit fly.
Feb 4
New treatment assembles cancer drug inside the body
Cancer drugs assembled inside the body on cancer cells should reduce harmful side effects to other tissue.
Sep 10
A faster and more sensitive antibody test for COVID-19
Fast and sensitive: A new antibody test for the COVID-19 virus. Just a pinprick of blood and results in 30 minutes.
Jul 26
Opossums are the first genome edited marsupials
A new piezoelectronic microinjection method has allowed the first successful genome editing in marsupials: albino opossums.
May 26
Dietary amino acid linked to cancer in flies
Researchers have found a dietary amino acid linked to oncogene expression / tumor formation; reduced consumption reduced cancer in flies.
Jan 22
Godzilla-sized zooplankton for better aquafarming
Scientists have created extra large zooplankton to help feed the fish in aquafarms. The new plankton were created using an ion beam to generate mutations.
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