Category: 5. Biology

In cancer research, MR mitigates the errors and impacts associated with traditional randomized control trials and alleviates issues with reverse causality and confounding variables¹². In medical research, observational studies are susceptible to…

Genetic variation for evaluated traits under non-stress and heat stress environment

There was significant genotypic variation (σ²g) for all phenological (DFF, DF50, DPI, DM) and physiological traits (CHL, FLV, NDVI) (Table 2). Under non-stress…

Expression and mutation

By analyzing the mRNA levels of unpaired and paired samples in the TCGA database, we found that LAG3 expression was increased in breast invasive carcinoma (BRCA), esophageal carcinoma (ESCA), head and neck squamous cell…

Preparation of bacterial strains

To evaluate the beneficial effects of local probiotic strains, we used three Bifidobacterium spp. (i.e., B. bifidum 1001, B. longum 1044, and B. infantis, strains 1015 and 1063) and four Lactobacillus spp. (i.e.,…

Animal subject approval and handling

This study was approved by The Ohio State University’s Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (#2023A00000050). Inclusion criteria included adult sheep and goats of mixed breeds. Exclusion criteria…

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This is a summary of: Banerjee, S. et al. The Vps13-like protein BLTP2 regulates phosphatidylethanolamine…

What compounds are responsible for giving cannabis also called Cannabis sativa L. (C. sativa L.) its unique flavor and smell? This is what a recent study published in Molecules hopes to address as an…

For guppies (Poecilia reticulata) getting ready to mate, the color orange…

If measured from beginning to end, the DNA in our cells is too long to fit into the cell’s nucleus, explaining why it must be constantly folded and packaged. When it is time for cell division, and the genetic information needs to…