Researchers Engineer Bacteria that Can Detect Tumor DNA (today.ucsd.edu)
Scientists from UC San Diego and Australia have engineered bacteria that detect the presence of tumor DNA in live organisms. Their innovation could pave the way to new biosensors capable of identifying various infections, cancers and other diseases.
Discovery in Nanomachines within Living Organisms: Cytochromes P450 (CYP450s) Unleashed as Living Soft Robots (en.huji.ac.il)
Edit: Not sure why the original link is no longer working, but heres an alternative...
CAR-T Immune Therapy Attacks Ovarian Cancer in Mice with a Single Dose (news.illinois.edu)
References & resources about non-RNA-based self-replication? (lemmy.ca)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ca/post/2147796...
What would happen if you vibrated your brain? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
Pic basically unrelated, but required to post so maybe I’m in the wrong place. If there’s a better place for this lmk. Fediverse is hard to suss for locations. I looked for something like askscience but didn’t find anything and I’m not sure if that’s because it doesn’t exist or discoverability is still crap....
New cannibalistic salamander species discovered in Fujian, China (lemmy.ml)
Once spotted in 1978 and thought to have gone extinct, the Fujian Bamboo Salamander has been found again. According to DNA analysis, this cannibalistic species has an average or above average rate of genetic divergence compared to other salamander species. They also have been witnessed vocalizing, which isn’t something...