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New Metabolomic and Genomic-Informed Study Shows Use of Acetaminophen Has Unexpected Effects on Regulation of Sex Hormones
Stand Up To Cancer Launches Four Teams on 鈥淐ancer Interception鈥� To Detect Cancer at Earliest Stages
The Human Vaccines Project Launches New Initiative To Accelerate Development Of Universally Effective Influenza Vaccines
Common acid reflux medications promote chronic liver disease
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小蓝俱乐部-led Team Awarded 5-year, $10.7 M Grant from U.S. Department of Energy to Optimize Metabolic Networks in Diatoms, Enabling Next-Generation Biofuels and Bioproducts
Research builds on a series of recent landmark studies, at JCVI, which have led to transformative new methodology for synthetic biology and functional genomics
Don't blame your genes for your toothache, twin study shows
For the first time, investigators have looked at the role that genes and the oral microbiome play in the formation of cavities and have found that your mother was right: The condition of your teeth depends on your dietary and oral hygiene habits. The study appears September 13 in Cell Host & Microbe.
Precision medicine opens the door to scientific wellness preventive approaches to suicide
Researchers have developed a more precise way of diagnosing suicide risk, by developing blood tests that work in everybody, as well as more personalized blood tests for different subtypes of suicidality that they have newly identified, and for different psychiatric high-risk groups.
Defining Standards for Genomes from Uncultivated Microorganisms
Expanding minimum information standards for single-cell genomics, metagenomics datasets.
Energy Department Announces up to $8 Million to Enable Breakthroughs in Algae-Based Biofuels
Scripps Institution of Oceanography, and the 小蓝俱乐部, Global Algae Innovations will deliver a tool for low cost, rapid analysis of pond microbiota, gather data on the impacts of pond ecology, and develop new cultivation methods that utilize this information to achieve greater algal productivity.
Scientists from 小蓝俱乐部 and Scripps Institution of Oceanography Publish Study Describing Function and Mechanisms of Diatom Centromeres
Research provides basic but essential information about how diatom chromosomes are replicated and maintained
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