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fromArs Technica
14 hours ago

Scorpions go terminator mode and reinforce their weapons with metal

Different hunting patterns influence the distribution of metals in scorpions' stingers and pincers.
fromArs Technica
2 weeks ago

OpenAI starts offering a biology-tuned LLM

OpenAI has tuned the model to be more skeptical, so it's more likely to tell you when something is a bad drug target. The former was defined as being able to work through complex, multi-step processes, while the latter was derived from the model's performance on a handful of benchmarks.
Artificial intelligence
#genetics
fromNature
3 weeks ago
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Daily briefing: A treatment to reverse cellular ageing is about to be tested in people

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fromNature
3 weeks ago

Daily briefing: A treatment to reverse cellular ageing is about to be tested in people

Partial reprogramming may enter clinical trials soon, and a DNA tweak can induce sex reversal in female mice.
Public health
fromNews Center
8 months ago

Asthma Drug Blocks Food Allergy Reactions in Mice - News Center

Zileuton, an asthma drug, significantly reduced anaphylaxis symptoms in mice by targeting the DPEP1 gene pathway, as identified in a new study.
fromwww.scientificamerican.com
10 months ago

Cells Can Hear' Soundsand Respond Genetically

The new study expands the concept of how sound affects biology, showing that audible sound can alter gene activity in mouse cells and boost muscle precursor attachment.
Science
fromwww.scientificamerican.com
10 months ago

Bird Flu Vaccines Are under Development at Biosecure Laboratories like This

The team at Texas Biomedical Research Institute is gearing up in full protective gear before entering a BSL-3 facility to work with H5N1, SARS-CoV-2, and tuberculosis.
Science
Coronavirus
fromNew York Post
11 months ago

Why the WHO could control the world during an outbreak of 'Disease X'

Trump signed an executive order banning dangerous biological research while reinforcing U.S. distancing from WHO amid global health vulnerabilities.
fromNew York Post
11 months ago

Exclusive | Trump to sign order banning gain-of-function research in China

President Trump will sign an executive order to ban federal funding of risky gain-of-function research in China and other countries without oversight.
Coronavirus
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