Sponge Genes Hint at the Origins of Neurons and Other Cells
In fact, many multifunctional cells in sponges express modules of genes usually associated with specialized cells in more complex animals like vertebrates.…
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The Complex Truth About ‘Junk DNA’
Imagine the human genome as a string stretching out for the length of a football field, with all the genes that encode proteins clustered at the end near…
Illumina Completes Deal for Life-Sciences Firm Grail Despite FTC Antitrust Challenge
WASHINGTON— Illumina Inc. on Wednesday said it completed its planned $7.1 billion acquisition of Grail Inc., despite a pending legal challenge by…
Without Code for DeepMind’s Protein AI, This Lab Wrote Its Own
Unbeknownst to them, at DeepMind, an extensive scientific paper detailing their system was already under review at Nature, according to John Jumper, who…
The Secret Workings of Smell Receptors, Revealed At Last
The team’s observations may explain how insect olfactory receptors can generally evolve so rapidly and diverge so much among species. Every insect species…