Genomic regulatory map of the zebrafish
Zebrafish and humans look very different on the outside. Yet about 70 percent of their genes are similar to human genes—including many that can trigger diseases. That makes the animal a popular model organism. Many observations of biological proces.....»»
Piecing together the LanCL puzzle
Researchers from the Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology in collaboration with scientists at Oxford University have published a paper in Cell reporting the function of LanCL proteins. These proteins are found in eukaryotic cells but their fun.....»»
Three new studies suggest Z-genome is much more widespread in bacteria-invading viruses than thought
Three teams working independently have found evidence that suggests the Z-genome in bacteria-invading viruses is much more widespread than thought. All three of the groups have used a variety of genomic techniques to identify parts of the pathways th.....»»
FCC Green-Lights SpaceX Satellite Plans
SpaceX scored a regulatory victory at the Federal Communications Commission Tuesday, overcoming opposition from Amazon and other satellite companies on a key change to its plans for a satellite network that will beam internet access across the globe......»»
Suppliers oppose setting gas-powered phaseout dates
The Motor & Equipment Manufacturers Association told a Senate subcommittee that the Biden administration should continue to set regulatory requirements that ensure suppliers keep working to improve internal combustion engines......»»
Robo-advisor StashAway gets $25M Series D led by Sequoia Capital India
Investment app StashAway has raised a $25 million Series D led by Sequoia Capital India, with participation from returning investors Eight Roads Ventures and Square Peg. After regulatory approvals for the funding are completed, Sequoia Capital India.....»»
Biden administration proposes to reinstate Calif. authority to set tougher emissions rules
NHTSA has opened a 30-day comment period on the withdrawal notice. If finalized, the regulatory action would “establish a clean slate” and no longer prevent states from implementing regulations tougher than the national standard......»»
Flowering rooted in embryonic gene-regulation
Researchers at the Gregor Mendel Institute of Molecular Plant Biology of the Austrian Academy of Sciences—and the John Innes Centre, Norwich, United Kingdom, have determined that gene-regulatory mechanisms at an early embryonic stage govern the flo.....»»
Tesla drives on Autopilot through regulatory gray zone, report says
The automaker's Autopilot and "Full Self-Driving" systems present a challenge to officials responsible for motor vehicle and highway safety......»»
Researchers demonstrate very high specificity of prime editors in plants
Prime editing (PE), a 'search-and-replace' CRISPR-based genome editing technique, has great potential for gene therapy and agriculture. It can introduce desired base conversions, deletions, insertions, and combination edits into target genomic sites......»»
Scaling up genome editing in tiny worms
Understanding the effects of specific mutations in gene regulatory regions—the sections of DNA and RNA that turn genes on and off—is important to unraveling how the genome works, as well as normal development and disease. But studying a large var.....»»
Facebook, Instagram users can now ask ‘oversight’ panel to review decisions not to remove content
Facebook’s self-styled ‘Oversight Board’ (FOB) has announced an operational change that looks intended to respond to criticism of the limits of the self-regulatory content-moderation decision review body: It says it’s started.....»»
An international study reveals how the "guardian" of the genome works
Scientists from the Genomic Integrity and Structural Biology Group led by Rafael Fernández-Leiro at the Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO) have discovered how certain proteins ensure the repair of errors introduced into the DNA during it.....»»
A Swiss army knife for genomic data
A good way to find out what a cell is doing—whether it is growing out of control as in cancers, or is under the control of an invading virus, or is simply going about the routine business of a healthy cell—is to look at its gene expression. Thoug.....»»
Will VW Face Regulatory Scrutiny Over It "Voltswagen" Prank Like Elon Musk Did For His Tweets?
Volkswagen's early April Fool's Day prank (pretending to re-name the company "Voltswagen") "may have put the company at risk of running afoul of U.S. securities law by wading into the murky waters of potentially misleading investors," reports CNN: "T.....»»
New AI-based versatile software for tracking many cells in 3D microscope videos
The first deep-learning software was developed as a versatile tool for tracking cells and extracting their signals from ~100 cells in a moving worm brain, in a zebrafish heart, and ~1,000 cultured cancer cells in 3D microscope videos. The method demo.....»»
Research unlocks the genomic secrets of organisms that thrive in extreme deep-sea
A study led by scientists at Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) has decoded the genomes of the deep-sea clam (Archivesica marissinica) and the chemoautotrophic bacteria (Candidatus Vesicomyosocius marissinica) that live in its gill epithelium cells......»»
Slc20a1b is essential for hematopoietic stem/progenitor cell expansion in zebrafish
Hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells (HSPCs) include hematopoietic stem cells and several lineage-biased hematopoietic progenitor cells, which can provide all blood cell types in an adult organism. Among them, hematopoietic stem cells have the ability.....»»
New study investigates the integrity of oil and gas wells in multiple states
In a groundbreaking study, a research team that included a Johns Hopkins engineer compiled and analyzed an unprecedented amount of regulatory data that describe the integrity of oil and gas wells in multiple states. The study results, published in th.....»»
Tencent"s profits are soaring. But investors are worried about a crackdown by China
Investors are getting anxious that Tencent could become the next major target of a growing regulatory clampdown in China that has already ensnared Alibaba......»»
QuantumScape’s share sale to fund solid-state battery production roils its market value
QuantumScape has issued a share offering to pay for an expanded pilot production line for its solid-state batteries just months after it became a publicly traded company via a reverse merger. QuantumScape said in a regulatory filing that the net proc.....»»