For (probably) the first time ever, plants modified with the “genetic scissors” CRISPR-Cas9 has been cultivated, harvested and cooked. D professor in Plant Cell and Molecular Biology served pasta with …read more Source:: Science
Day: September 5, 2016
Biobank storage time affects blood test results
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•The amount of time a blood sample used for medical research has been stored at a biobank may affect the test results as much as the blood sample provider’s age, …read more Source:: Science
Earth’s carbon points to planetary smashup
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•Research suggests that virtually all of Earth’s life-giving carbon could have come from a collision about 4.4 billion years ago between Earth and an embryonic planet similar to Mercury. …read more Source:: Science
Biochemists’ discovery could lead to vaccine against ‘flesh-eating’ bacteria
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•Biochemists have uncovered patterns in the outer protein coat of group A Streptococcus that could finally lead to a vaccine against this highly infectious bacteria — responsible for more than …read more Source:: Science
IDG Contributor Network: Linus Torvalds credits GPL with preventing Linux fragmentation
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•By Jim Lynch Why Linus loves the GPL Linus Torvalds has never been one to mince words when it comes to Linux, or anything else for that matter. At a keynote conversation at LinuxCon …read more Source:: OpenSource