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Smart antioxidant-containing polymer responds to body, environment
Lois Yoksoulian
Oxidants found within living organisms are byproducts of metabolism and are essential to wound-healing and immunity. However, when their concentrations become too high,…
Low-calorie lactose sweetener gets manufacturing boost from yeast
Liz Ahlberg Touchstone
The quest to satisfy the sweet tooth without adding to the waistline has a new weapon in its arsenal: a strain of yeast that can metabolize lactose, the sugar in dairy products…
Microbes in human body swap genes, even across tissue boundaries
Diana Yates
Bacteria in the human body are sharing genes with one another at a higher rate than is typically seen in nature, and some of those genes appear to be traveling – independent of…
World of Genomics coming to National Academy of Sciences Building
The IGB has partnered with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to present Family Science Day at the NAS Building: DecisionTown in the World of…
Illinois study identifies a key to soybean cyst nematode growth
Lauren Quinn
The soybean cyst nematode, one of the crop’s most destructive pests, isn’t like most of its wormy relatives. Whereas the vast majority of nematodes look like the microscopic…
Brendan Harley inducted into AIMBE College of Fellows
Christine des Garennes
The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) has announced the pending induction of Dr. Brendan Harley, Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular…
Neurobiologist Leslie Vosshall to give IGB Distinguished Public Lecture
Leslie Vosshall, Robin Chemers Neustein Professor, Head of the Laboratory of Neurogenetics and Behavior, and Director of the Kavli Neural Systems Institute at The Rockefeller…
Cystic fibrosis treatment uses 'molecular prosthetic' for lung protein
Liz Ahlberg Touchstone
An approved drug normally used to treat fungal infections could also do the job of a protein channel that is missing or defective in the lungs of people with cystic fibrosis,…
Crops in silico 2.0: Project Extended
Institute for Sustainability, Energy, and Environment
The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign’s Crops in silico (Cis) project has received a $5 million grant from the Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research (…
Archaeologists find 200-year-old African DNA on tobacco pipe
MDOT SHA Communications
DNA found on tobacco pipe stems uncovered by archaeologists from the Maryland Department of Transportation State Highway Administration (MDOT SHA) and Anne Arundel County from…
IGB and SciLine host Genomics for Journalists
Imagined as a sort of science “boot camp” for reporters, Genomics for Journalists is a multi-day workshop designed to arm journalists—including those without deep backgrounds…
Fatty acids rewire cells to promote obesity-related breast cancer
Sharita Forrest
Scientists at the University of Illinois have found that free fatty acids in the blood appear to boost proliferation and growth of breast cancer cells. The finding could help…