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21/03/2024

This is fascinating. This bacteria can be found in your mouth, and contributes to plaque as well as gum disease. It's possible that this particular subspecies may cause the cancer in the first place.

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/cancer/aggressive-colon-cancer-newly-identified-bacteria-found-half-tumors-ma-rcna144164

21/10/2023

11 years ago, the revolutionary genetic tool CRISPR/Cas9 was published in Science, work that Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer Doudna won a Nobel Prize for in 2020.

On , read the landmark paper that describes the discovery: https://scim.ag/4wp

19/09/2023

Now Martha Muñoz is applying that lesson to help students from diverse backgrounds

16/03/2023

A paper in Nature reports a method of converting male (XY) mouse stem cells into female (XX) cells to produce functional egg cells. These egg cells were then fertilized and around 1% of the resulting embryos produced healthy offspring. Read the paper: https://go.nature.com/3ThGEXq

05/06/2022

Best of luck to all my students preparing to sit and finishing up exams!

I’m now taking bookings for gcse/iGCSE and A Level biology tuition. Spaces are limited and usually fully booked by September so book in early to get preferred day and time.

01/11/2021

31/10/2021

https://stories.sandiegozoo.org/2021/10/28/san-diego-zoo-wildlife-alliance-conservation-scientists-report-first-confirmed-hatchings-of-two-california-condor-chicks-from-unfertilized-eggs/?fbclid=IwAR3tJG7F_a-OaYgFSQXTedvSGxfr5KmwjHEPUdVHzdIti7mnjltciNN7g70

Discovery of Parthenogenesis, or Asexual Reproduction, Is a First for the Species; and by Historic Confirmation Through Molecular Genetic Testing SAN DIEGO (Oct. 28, 2021) – Conservation scientists at San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance reported an...

29/12/2020

Initially thought to carry out simple motor control, the cerebellum is now considered to function in complex cognitive tasks.

Learn more in a new Perspective from Science: https://fcld.ly/dsqok0t

26/11/2019

An Oklahoma man exploring his Cherokee roots discovered a forgotten variety of corn and revived it with help of heirloom seed savers. The revived Glass Gem corn now has 19,000 Facebook followers.

23/11/2019

Thirty years after scientists discovered the gene defect that causes cystic fibrosis, an exciting new therapy is ready.