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Slime mold and cancer cells "sniff" their way through mazes by breaking down chemical molecules
Photo by Dan Asaki on Unsplash Research demonstrates that cells are capable of sensing, and creating, chemical gradients to travel long distances July 20, 2021 Cells have an incredible ability to find each other over long distances. During embryonic development or the spread of cancer, cells travel through complex environments to migrate to precise locations, using chemical signals as guidance.
Bacteria that live in our guts and underground have circadian clocks
2020 was transformative in violent and destructive ways - the pandemic has taken a huge social, medical, cultural, and financial toll on us collectively as a species. As of the writing of this note, COVID-19 has caused the deaths of 1.62 million people, including over 300,000 Americans.
Researchers use CRISPR to eliminate HIV in mice, DNA and all
BAR HARBOR, ME - AUGUST 28: Research mice, which are genetically modified to allow research on degenerative disorders, such as ALS, in the Jackson Laboratory in Bar Harbor, ME on Thursday, August 28, 2014. Luntz's lab provides genetically modified ALS mice to research labs around the world, and also conducts their own ALS research.
Researchers use CRISPR to eliminate HIV in mice, DNA and all
Image by Tibor Janosi Mozes from Pixabay CRISPR is the latest tool adapted from the microbial world to treat infections November 10, 2019 When two species, be they large seabirds and their parasites or tiny bacteria and their viral enemies, share an environment over evolutionary time, they are said to co-evolve. This simply means that they have learned how to deal with each other.
In Japan, it is already legal to create human-animal hybrid organisms - should we?
After the World Health Organization (WHO) declared that the coronavirus outbreak is officially a pandemic, countries around the world have responded accordingly. Universities in Canada and the US are closing, non-essential conferences and sports leagues are being canceled, and people are being advised to halt all travel plans. Anyone can get infected, and the only way to slow down the outbreak is to reduce the number of people getting infected.
Planting trees is great, but it's not a silver bullet for stopping climate change
Get new Lab Notes sent to your inbox Submit a note Submit your own Lab Note Share an interesting science story or tell a short one of your own New research from northern Michigan shows that when a forest's canopy structure is disturbed — when leaves and branches thin out and provide less coverage — it's not just the view that's affected. The forest's water cycle is affected, too.
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