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Scientists have just turned giant panda skin cells into stem cells
With roughly 2,000 giant pandas remaining in the wild, scientists have spent the last several decades looking for new ways to help the iconic black-and-white bears stave off extinction. And now, it seems there may be more hope than ever before. For the first time, scientists have taken ordinary skin cells from the animal and…
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Scientists have just turned giant panda skin cells into stem cells
With roughly 2,000 giant pandas remaining in the wild, scientists have spent the last several decades looking for new ways to help the iconic black-and-white bears stave off extinction. And now, it seems there may be more hope than ever before. For the first time, scientists have taken ordinary skin cells from the animal and…
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Q&A: How scientists aim to kill cancers by starving them
Like all living things, cancer cells need to eat, and scientists have long tried to figure out how to starve tumors to death. A lot of that effort has focused on stifling the cells’ ability to digest glucose, a simple sugar thought to be the main food source for cancer. The glucose route has been…
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Researchers uncover cause of a rapidly changing remote water system
Katrina Moser collects a sediment core from Upper Coffin Lake in the Uinta Mountains. Credit: Chad Dickson/Western Social Science Nestled in the Uinta Mountains of northern Utah, a series of pristine lakes are facing a new threat—humans. Geography professor and chair Katrina Moser led a team of researchers in the region this summer to better…
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Researchers uncover cause of a rapidly changing remote water system
Katrina Moser collects a sediment core from Upper Coffin Lake in the Uinta Mountains. Credit: Chad Dickson/Western Social Science Nestled in the Uinta Mountains of northern Utah, a series of pristine lakes are facing a new threat—humans. Geography professor and chair Katrina Moser led a team of researchers in the region this summer to better…
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Researchers uncover cause of a rapidly changing remote water system
Katrina Moser collects a sediment core from Upper Coffin Lake in the Uinta Mountains. Credit: Chad Dickson/Western Social Science Nestled in the Uinta Mountains of northern Utah, a series of pristine lakes are facing a new threat—humans. Geography professor and chair Katrina Moser led a team of researchers in the region this summer to better…
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Team develops gene editing strategy for macroalgae Neopyropia
Construction of DNA vectors for promotor verification and gene editing in Neopyropia yezoensis. Credit: IOCAS Neopyropia is an important economic macroalga and is one of the main macroalgae cultivation species in China, Japan, South Korea and other countries. As a critical juncture in the evolution of photosynthetic organisms, red algae to which Neopyropia belongs is…
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Team develops gene editing strategy for macroalgae Neopyropia
Construction of DNA vectors for promotor verification and gene editing in Neopyropia yezoensis. Credit: IOCAS Neopyropia is an important economic macroalga and is one of the main macroalgae cultivation species in China, Japan, South Korea and other countries. As a critical juncture in the evolution of photosynthetic organisms, red algae to which Neopyropia belongs is…
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Team develops gene editing strategy for macroalgae Neopyropia
Construction of DNA vectors for promotor verification and gene editing in Neopyropia yezoensis. Credit: IOCAS Neopyropia is an important economic macroalga and is one of the main macroalgae cultivation species in China, Japan, South Korea and other countries. As a critical juncture in the evolution of photosynthetic organisms, red algae to which Neopyropia belongs is…
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Life might thrive on the surface of Earth for an extra billion years
This schematic shows the relationship between the different physical and chemical processes that make up the carbonate-silicate cycle. In the upper panel, the specific processes are identified, and in the lower panel, the feedbacks associated are shown; green arrows indicate positive coupling, while yellow arrows indicate negative coupling. Credit: Gretashum—Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=79674633…