Studying the Genome of Mountain Goats Shows Us How They Adapted to Their Environment

Seeing a mountain goat in the wild of southeast Alaska for the first time, with its stark white coat and graceful posture against a lush green mountain landscape, is an unforgettable experience. Like many species across the globe, mountain goats are affected Read more at Gizmodo Australia

Structure of the essential inner membrane lipopolysaccharidePbgA complex

Structural and physiological studies show that the inner membrane protein PbgA is a crucial sensor of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) and regulates the activity of the LPS biosynthesis enzyme LpxC. Read more at Nature.com

Elephants Get Drunk Because They Cant Metabolize Alcohol Like Us

Anecdotes about wild animals seemingly getting drunk after eating rotting fruit are widespread.
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e7 Health now offers at-home COVID-19 saliva test kits

Through its offices in Chicago and Las Vegas, e7 Health now offers a COVID-19 saliva test kit that can be taken in the privacy of your own home. To accommodate different patient needs, e7 will arrange contactless pickup or overnight shipping to anywhere in th Read more at Yahoo Entertainment

Biocom Purchasing Group Announces Randy Piper as Managing Director

Biocom, the association representing the California life science industry, today announced the appointment of Randy Piper as managing director for the Biocom Purchasing Group, a subsidiary of Biocom that accelerates life science success by leveraging innovati Read more at Yahoo Entertainment

N6-Methyladenosine co-transcriptionally directs the demethylation of histone H3K9me2

METTL3-induced deposition of N6-methyladenosine (m6A) in RNA correlates with removal of H3K9me2 genome wide. The m6A reader YTHDC1 recruits the H3K9me2 demethylase KDM3B to chromatin. Read more at Nature.com

Personalis Announces Launch of Public Offering of Common Stock

MENLO PARK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- #PrecisionOncology--Personalis Announces Launch of Public Offering of Common Stock
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GeneCentric Therapeutics Enters into Research Collaboration with Janssen on Genomic Drug Response Biomarkers for Non-Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer

DURHAM, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--GeneCentric Therapeutics enters research collaboration with Janssen on genomic drug response biomarkers for non-muscle invasive bladder cancer Read more at Business Wire

N6-Methyladenosine co-transcriptionally directs the demethylation of histone H3K9me2

METTL3-induced deposition of N6-methyladenosine (m6A) in RNA correlates with removal of H3K9me2 genome wide. The m6A reader YTHDC1 recruits the H3K9me2 demethylase KDM3B to chromatin. Read more at Nature.com

Analysis of Ugandan cervical carcinomas, an aid for understudied sub-Saharan women

Cervical cancer kills more than 300,000 middle-aged women a year, and 19 of the 20 nations with the highest death rates are sub-Saharan countries. Now an international team, including Akinyemi I. Ojesina, M.D., Ph.D., University of Alabama at Birmingham, has Read more at EurekAlert

25-Year Dolphin Health Study Reveals Factors Contributing to Slow and Accelerated Aging Rates in Long-Lived Mammals

Epitracker Inc. today announced the results from a groundbreaking, 25-year longitudinal cohort study of bottlenose dolphins that identified factors differentiating individuals with slow and accelerated aging rates. Read more at Yahoo Entertainment

Nigeria: Country's Covid-19 Outbreak Still In Early Stages

[The Conversation Africa] The pace of SARS-CoV-2 transmission has triggered different government responses globally. These have had varying levels of effectiveness and some unintended outcomes. Read more at AllAfrica - Top Africa News

A singular view of COVID-19

Single-cell analysis sheds light on immune response to COVID-19 infection, enables the rapid discovery of antibody leads, and points to ways to get ahead of future pandemics. Read more at Nature.com

Cataloging Unstructured Data in IBM Watson Knowledge Catalog with IBM Spectrum Discover

Redpaper, published: Tue, 11 Aug 2020 This IBM Redpaper publication explains how IBM Spectrum Discover integrates with the IBM Watson Knowledge Catalog (WKC) component of IBM Cloud Pak for Data (IBM CP4D) to make the enriched catalog content in IBM Spectr Read more at Ibm.com

Expanding cancer predisposition genes with ultra-rare cancer-exclusive human variations

It is estimated that up to 10% of cancer incidents are attributed to inherited genetic alterations. Despite extensive research, there are still gaps in our understanding of genetic predisposition to cancer. It was theorized that ultra-rare variants partially Read more at Nature.com

Getting to grips with the COVID-19 outbreak in Nigeria

Nigeria's management of the COVID-19 outbreak, and other future outbreaks, will require improved diagnostic capacity, effective testing and tracing, and massive investment in health infrastructure. Read more at The Conversation Africa

Investment strategist maps out the post-Covid tech landscape - CTech

There are two motifs that have been pushed to the forefront due to the coronavirus pandemic, the stay at home economy and the reopening economy, says Jay Jacobs, a Senior Vice President and head of Research & Strategy at Global X ETFs Read more at CTech

BrandPost: Is Artificial Intelligence Just Another High Performance Computing Workload?

Artificial intelligence (AI) comes to our minds whenever organizations are seeking new, innovative approaches to enhance and expand their businesses. Typical attributes for such workloads are use case centric, data scientist specific, and innovative. So Read more at CIO

Study reveals immune-system paralysis in severe COVID-19 cases

A new study shows that in severely ill COVID-19 patients, 'first-responder' immune cells, which should react immediately to signs of viral or bacterial presence in the body, instead respond sluggishly. Read more at Science Daily