Discovery of a 14-protein biomarker that predicts lung cancer 5.6 years before it is diagnosed, even in non-smokers, and an anti-inflammatory medicine that prevents its progression. And, challenging dogma, the proteins are not coming from cancerous cells!
Amongst it all: science is the most humanising of activities. It crosses boundaries, breaks boundaries & reminds that no matter our individual backgrounds or professions, we all delight in figuring out how things work. And fundamentally, we are all scientists: marvel at the curiosity of kids.
My comments on proposed OMB Rule "Regulation for Federal Financial Assistance", written from the perspective of someone who became a naturalized citizen 25 yrs ago bc he believed in the US as a country of exceptional openness, opportunity & merit-based advancement
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Have a concise report for a genome assembly (or allied dataset) you'd like to publish? I am Senior Editor for the open access Genetics Society of America's G3: Genes|Genomes|Genetics @genetics-gsa.bsky.social and I handle Genome Reports. Our team of academic editors is superb. Consider submitting!
Bacterial cell division protein FtsZ complexes with a phage protein to activate bacterial immunity
@natmicrobiol.nature.com from Michael Laub & Abel Garcia-Pino
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Amazing! This report suggests that a gall aphid injects into their plant host an enzyme that manipulates auxin levels in the host and thereby induces galls.
#plantscience #plantsci
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Right now anti-gene-editing groups are lobbying MEPs to block crucial innovation that will make European agriculture more sustainable.
The final vote on legislation governing the use of New Genomic Techniques (NGTs) will take place next week.
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Delighted to announce that this year’s Schering Young Investigator Award has been awarded to Can Aztekin, Max-Planck-Research Group Leader. Congratulations Can!
Read the full article: www.bio.mpg.de/524116/can-a...