New technique expands plant cells for better microscopic imaging
The way we study plant cells is expanding—literally—thanks to new research from Kevin Cox, an assistant professor of biology ...
Plant and human immune systems are closer than we think, study finds
A study published last month in Nature Plants describes shared biochemical pathways involved in vitamin B6 levels that link ...
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Plant-based pitfalls: When can the vegan diet go wrong?
The vegan diet, over the past 20 years, has received plenty of flack about its extreme and at-times in-your-face style, made ...
Scientists identify neural mechanism of leptin resistance in obesity—and how to reverse it
Worldwide obesity rates have more than doubled since 1990, with nearly a billion people now falling into the category. Though ...
Why don't pandas eat more meat? Molecules found in bamboo may be behind their plant-based diet
Giant pandas have digestive systems that are typical for carnivores. Yet, bamboo is their main source of food. They have ...
A 'Third State' Exists Between Life and Death—And That Suggests Your Cells Are Conscious, Some Scientists Say
A growing number of new studies have found that, at least for some cells, death isn’t the end, but the beginning of something ...
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Karachi to Produce Gas in New Plant From Animal Waste
Developed by Bio Waste Energy Ventures Private Limited, the plant will produce 23,000 cubic ... and educating the dairy sector on utilizing animal waste for fuel production. He also emphasized ...
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News on animal cells
An investigational therapy significantly shrank lung cancer tumors that are notoriously resistant to treatment by encouraging an attack from natural killer (NK) cells in an animal model ...
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Global warming and mass extinctions: What we can learn from plants from the last ice age
Global warming is producing a rapid loss of plant species -- according to estimates, roughly 600 plant species have died out since 1750 -- twice the number of animal species lost. But which ...
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Plant extract inspires new chemistry and new early lead against triple-negative breast cancer
Chemists at Emory University have invented a reaction to streamline the total synthesis of a compound, phaeocaulisin A, extracted from a plant used ... breast cancer cells and triple-negative ...