Persistence pays off in the human gut microbiome
Credit: Earlham Institute/Quadram Institute/EMBL The human gut microbiome is a complex community of trillions of microbes that are constantly interacting ...
Tag: Bioinformatics
Big data: IPK researchers double accuracy in predicting wheat yields
Credit: IPK/ Christoph Martin The enormous potential of Big Data has already been demonstrated in areas such as financial services ...
AI predicts how patients with viral infections, including COVID-19, will fare
Gene expression patterns associated with pandemic viral infections provide a map to help define patients' immune responses, measure disease severity, ...
Combating maritime litter
Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon categorizes innovative solutions for fighting pollution in the oceansCredit: Photo: Brian Yurasits via Unsplash Plastic bottles drifting in ...
Cincinnati children’s awarded grant to develop AI system for preventing school violence
Credit: Cincinnati Children's CINCINNATI - Scientists at Cincinnati Children's have been awarded a five-year grant totaling $2.8 million from the ...
SARS-CoV-2 detectable — though likely not transmissible — on hospital surfaces
The coronavirus that causes COVID-19 also tends to co-locate with one particular type of bacteriaCredit: UC San Diego Health Sciences ...
The Indiana Biosciences Research Institute deploys Insilico PandaOmics AI for target discovery
Insilico Medicine collaborates with the Indiana Biosciences Research Institute to apply novel artificial intelligence-powered approaches to multi-omics data analysis and ...
Localized the gene for blue plum skin
Researchers from CRAG and IRTA find the gene that determines Japanese plum skin colour due to the presence or absence ...
From meat-production to urinary tract infections
Epidemiological study revealed that Staphylococcus saprophyticus causing urinary tract infections can have origin in foodCredit: Opeyemi U. Lawal, Maria J. ...
NIH grant boosts computational search for cancer drugs
Computer scientist Lydia Kavraki and team developing toolkit to model protein-ligand interactionsCredit: Image courtesy of Rice University HOUSTON - (June ...
A few common bacteria account for majority of carbon use in soil
Credit: Victor O. Leshyk, Center for Ecosystem Science and Society, Northern Arizona University Just a few bacterial taxa found in ...
Study finds major anti-inflammatory immune activity that favors oral cancer tumors
Immunoregulatory activity, found in the tumor microenvironment, would be mediated by the vitamin D signaling pathway, opening a potential therapeutic ...
Cancer-promoting Ras protein exists in a pair within cells
Credit: PRODI/ Till Rudack Researchers from Bochum and Osnabrück have gained new insights into the structure of the Ras protein, ...
The evolutionary fates of supergenes unmasked
Credit: Image courtesy of Tanja Slotte. Photo Credits: Alex Wild (Solenopsis), Tanja Slotte (Primula), and Krushnamegh Kunte (Papilio). While the ...