🎥 Inside Faraday Earth’s bid to make cheap green ammonia without Haber-Bosch
[Disclosure: AgFunderNews’ parent company AgFunder is an investor in Faraday Earth] Can a container-sized plasma reactor…
🎥 Can non thermal plasma seed treatment move from lab curiosity to broadacre reality?
[Disclosure: AgFunderNews’ parent company AgFunder is an investor in Sylvarum] Using non-thermal plasma or high voltage …
Genome-Scale CRISPRi Atlas Maps Gene Function Across Human iPSCs
A new genome-scale atlas is offering an unprecedented look at how individual genes shape the transcriptional landscape of human induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs). Published in Nature Biotechnology, the resource catalogs the effects of perturbing 11,692 expressed genes across more than 2.5 million single cells, creating a reference framework for understanding how pluripotent identity is maintained and regulated.
🎥 Inside Faraday Earth’s bid to make cheap green ammonia without Haber-Bosch
[Disclosure: AgFunderNews’ parent company AgFunder is an investor in Faraday Earth] Can a container-sized plasma reactor…
🎥 Can non thermal plasma seed treatment move from lab curiosity to broadacre reality?
[Disclosure: AgFunderNews’ parent company AgFunder is an investor in Sylvarum] Using non-thermal plasma or high voltage …
New Lung Model Reveals RSV Immune Response, Points to Better Treatments
Researchers at University College London (UCL) Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children (GOSH) have built a new lab model of infant lungs to show why respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) makes infants so much sicker than adults, and to allow them to test new treatments. The miniature model of a baby’s airways was created using pediatric airway cells, blood vessel cells, and neutrophils (a type of white blood cell that acts as the immune system’s primary response to infection).
Chunk Foods Set to Double Sales & Defy Plant-Based Meat Slowdown
Despite repeated declines in US sales of plant-based meat over the last few years, Amos Golan thinks companies in this sector face a far simpler challenge today than the years they spent convincing people to try their products.
Mung Bean Pan-Genome Study Maps Key Genes for Yield, Nutrition, and Pest Resistance
Because Mung beans (Vigna radiata) are nutritious, inexpensive, have nitrogen-fixing capacity, and are relatively easy to grow with a short growing cycle, they are an important crop for food security in many parts of Asia, Africa, and other regions. Now, researchers have made a significant contribution to a landmark international study that has uncovered tens of thousands of previously hidden structural variations influencing yield, nutritional quality, insect resistance, and other relevant mung bean traits.
Immune Evasion Uncovered by Virome-Wide Ubiquitin Ligase Discovery
In a new study published in Science titled, “ Virome-wide ubiquitin ligase discovery reveals diverse mechanisms of immune evasion ,” researchers from Harvard Medical School (HMS) have uncovered how viruses hijack cells’ garbage-disposal systems to evade immune attack.
Genetic Map Opens Door to Development of New Therapies to Reverse Bone Loss
An international team of scientists report that they have successfully mapped the cells and genes that regulate bone formation and loss and discovered the critical role that blood vessel cells play in bone health. By combining genomic sequencing with data from half a million individuals, the research team identified hundreds of previously unknown genes that govern bone health and revealed cells surrounding blood vessels as one of the drivers of bone repair.