BIOLOGY

AI Designs Complete Functional Genomes

Umesh Prasad -
The genome language model Evo 2 has designed novel functional genomes of bacteriophage ΦX174. About 300 of the AI-generated designs were chemically synthesised and tested in...
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Chernobyl Fungi as Shield Against Cosmic Rays for Deep-Space Missions 

Umesh Prasad -
In 1986, the 4th unit of Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine (erstwhile Soviet Union) suffered massive fire and steam explosion. The unprecedented accident released over 5% of the radioactive...
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Centromere sizes determine Unique Meiosis in Dogrose   

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The dogrose (Rosa canina), the wild rose plant species, has a pentaploid genome with 35 chromosomes. It has an odd number of chromosomes, yet it...
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BIOLOGY

A Mouse can Sense the World Using Regenerated Neurons from Another Species  

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Interspecies Blastocyst Complementation (IBC) (i.e., complementation by microinjecting stem cells of other species into blastocyst-stage embryos) successfully generated rat forebrain tissue in mice which...
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Discovery of Nitrogen-Fixing Cell-organelle Nitroplast in a Eukaryotic Algae   

Umesh Prasad -
Biosynthesis of proteins and nucleic acid require nitrogen however atmospheric nitrogen is not available to eukaryotes for organic synthesis. Only few prokaryotes (such as...
BIOLOGY

Pleurobranchaea britannica: A new species of Sea slug discovered in UK waters 

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A new species of sea slug, named Pleurobranchaea britannica, has been discovered in the waters off the southwest coast of England. This is the...
BIOLOGY

Paride: A novel Virus (Bacteriophage) that fights Antibiotic-tolerant Dormant bacteria  

Umesh Prasad -
Bacterial dormancy is survival strategy in response to stressful exposure to antibiotics taken by a patient for treatment. The dormant cells become tolerant to...
BIOLOGY

How Brine Shrimps survive in highly saline waters  

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The brine shrimps have evolved to express sodium pumps that exchange 2 Na+ for 1 K+ (instead of the canonical 3Na+ for 2 K+)....
BIOLOGY

Anthrobots: The First Biological Robots (Biobots) Made from Human Cells

Umesh Prasad -
The word ‘robot’ evokes images of human-like manmade metallic machine (humanoid) designed and programmed to automatically perform some tasks for us. However, robots (or...
BIOLOGY

Kākāpō Parrot: Genomic sequencing benefits Conservation programme

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Kākāpō parrot (also known as “owl parrot” because of its owl-like facial features) is a critically endangered parrot species native to New Zealand. It...
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Non-parthenogenetic animals give “virgin births” following Genetic engineering  

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Parthenogenesis is asexual reproduction in which genetic contribution from male is dispensed with. Eggs develop to offspring on their own without being fertilised by...
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