Kaizen rethinks cell segmentation by mimicking brain predictions. Using an iterative machine-learning approach to refine boundaries in crowded microscopy images, it enhances accuracy in tissue studies ...

Beneath the surface of present-day western Honduras lie the ruins of Copán—an archaeological site that once stood as a vital ...

Scientists produce human DNase1 in yeast for the first time, opening doors to wider clinical use and easier manufacturing.

In a leap forward for genetic and biomedical research, two scientists at the University of Missouri have developed a powerful ...

“You share 50 percent of your DNA with each of your parents. But with bananas, we share about 50 percent of our genes,” Mike ...

Contributed by Gary Ruvkun, January 4, 2019 (sent for review September 13, 2018; reviewed by Danielle A. Garsin and Emily R. Troemel) ...

"Don't Fry Day" is a campaign by the National Council on Skin Cancer Prevention to raise awareness about skin cancer prevention. The Friday before Memorial Day, ...

DNA acts like a detailed instruction manual for cells, dictating how they should grow and function as well as when they ...

Laboratory for MEMS Applications, IMTEK─Department of Microsystems Engineering, University of Freiburg, 79110 Freiburg, Germany Division of Cancer Genome Research, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) ...

Artificial cells have led to many potential applications in synthetic biology and served as useful platforms to study biological phenomena. With increasing development of DNA nanotechnology, DNA-based ...

The model then predicts which combination of DNA letters (A, T, C, G) are needed for the gene expression patterns required in specific types of cells. Researchers can then chemically synthesise ...

To address this gap, the study leveraged 64,000 fully synthetic DNA sequences to dissect the design principles of cell-state specific enhancers during differentiation of blood stem cells to seven ...