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Super durable armor from spider silk
To be able to weave spider silk into super durable armor, US researchers are aiming to alter the genes of bacteria, plants or animals. From there, help produce enough am…
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Mosquito gene map has been completed
An international team has completed the genetic mapping of Aedes aegypti, creating a precursor to finding ways to prevent yellow fever and tropical fever transmitted by…
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'Smart' mice show brain disorders
Genetically engineered mice lacking single enzymes in the brain are more adept at learning than their siblings, and quickly identify the changing environment.
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Save data in ... DNA of bacteria
Today, data can be stored on floppy disks, computer chips, hard drives and, of course, papers. However, scientists have found a new, smaller storage medium but the stami…
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Find out the mystery of the mechanism of vitamin C synthesis in plants
Perhaps Vitamin C is the most important small molecule whose biological synthesis pathway remains a mystery to scientists to this day. However, a team of Dartmouth and U…
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Color the silk without dyeing
Why do it take silk dyeing when silkworms can be genetically modified to create any color in rainbow colors? It is the goal of Japanese scientists to transform their gen…
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Cultured successfully yeasts detecting explosives
A group of American scientists have successfully cultivated a special yeast that is capable of changing to fluorescent green when exposed to air containing explosive mol…
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Genetic exchange between species is more common than previously thought
Bacteria are often thought to be organisms capable of sharing genetic structures, for example, by spreading genes that are resistant to drugs. But what is the level of g…
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Transplanting genes helps mice have eyesight like humans
By adding genes to the genetic code, the mice saw the world in full color like humans, instead of the familiar gray sight in their eyes.
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Rice carries human genes
Biotechnology company Ventria Bioscience (USA) has just released a rice genome with a part of the genome that is a human gene. According to Ventrina, they are waiting fo…
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Preliminary genes help create salt-tolerant wheat
Two types of genes that have just been discovered from a wheat variant have provided an important step forward in breeding salt-tolerant wheat varieties.
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Canada creates good drought tolerant plants
A student of the University of Toronto (Canada) accidentally forgot to water the plants in the laboratory for a long time and recorded only one plant survived, while oth…
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In the air there are more than 1,800 types of bacteria
According to a study by American scientists, the air we often breathe up to 1,800 types of bacteria every day, including many harmful bacteria combined with harmful bact…