Frontiers

Editorial: Plant genotyping: from traditional markers to modern technologies

Unlike external plant traits, the naked human eye cannot distinguish the genotypes that comprise the underlying genetic material responsible for these phenotypic traits. To make genotypes accessible ...
C&EN

The history of a monumental forensic tool and the ethical debate sparked by wrongful convictions based on trace DNA evidence

A warning to listeners — this episode contains sensitive material surrounding homicide and assault. On November 29th, 2012, a group of men broke into the Silicon Valley mansion of 66 year old investor ...
Frontiers

Application of Biotechnology in Specific Spoilage Organisms of Aquatic Products

Aquatic products are delicious and have high nutritive value, however, they are highly perishable during storage due to the growth and metabolism of microorganisms. The spoilage process of aquatic ...
The Lancet

Re-emergence of yaws after single mass azithromycin treatment followed by targeted treatment: a longitudinal study

dDepartment of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA eDepartment of Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA ...
SciELO

PCR-RFLP assay as an option for primary HPV test

From November 2011 to March 2013, 990 women were attended for cervical screening in public clinics in São Miguel do Oeste, SC, Brazil. Three hundred and twenty-five of those women accepted to ...
Time

It Might Be Impossible to Get Away With Crime Some Day

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Europe PMC

Diversity of the bacterial community in Myanmar traditional salted fish yegyo ngapi.

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C&EN

Long-Term Effects of Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes and Graphene on Microbial Communities in Dry Soil

Little is known about the long-term effects of engineered carbonaceous nanomaterials (ECNMs) on soil microbial communities, especially when compared to possible effects of natural or industrial ...
ahajournals.org

CRISPR-Cas9 Genome Editing of a Single Regulatory Element Nearly Abolishes Target Gene Expression in Mice—Brief Report

To ascertain the importance of a single regulatory element in the control of Cnn1 expression using CRISPR/Cas9 (clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats/CRISPR-associated protein 9) ...
PNAS

Dormancy contributes to the maintenance of microbial diversity

Dormancy is a bet-hedging strategy used by a variety of organisms to overcome unfavorable environmental conditions. By entering a reversible state of low metabolic activity, dormant individuals become ...
Europe PMC

A simple multiplex real-time PCR methodology for the SMN1 gene copy number quantification.

Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is an autosomal recessive disease caused, in about 95% of SMA cases, by homozygous deletion of the survival motor neuron 1 (SMN1) gene or its conversion to the highly ...