“We know the genes, but not their functions.” To resolve this long-standing bottleneck in microbial research, a joint research team has proposed a cutting-edge research strategy that leverages Artificial Intelligence (AI) to drastically accelerate the…
Nice moves: First dancing, then mating in songbirds
Java sparrows are more likely to mate after dancing together, according to a study from Hokkaido University, contradictory to the belief that songs are the primary sexual signal. Songbirds are well-known to sing duets for…
Plant’s parent genes cooperate in shaping their child
Discovery of parental factors that lead to asymmetric division of the zygote. [caption id="attachment_12113" align="alignnone" width="681"] SSP derived from the sperm cell activates the WRKY2 protein in the zygote. WRKY2 and HDG11/12, derived from the…
Study Demonstrates Efficacy of Investigational Treatment in HCV…
Study results demonstrate that the oral, once-daily treatment regimen of glecaprevir/pibrentasvir (G/P) resulted in 95% sustained virologic response rates at 12 weeks post treatment (SVR12) in patients with Hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotype 3. In the…
Lake MacKay, Australia
[caption id="attachment_12106" align="alignnone" width="700"] cREDIT: contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2017), processed by ESA , CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO[/caption] Brown hills speckle the eastern part of Australia’s Lake MacKay in this satellite image. Located on…






