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  • Chromosome transfer

    Byscientist

    It is possible to transfer DNA from one cell to another but usually this is done by transfer of small regions of DNA and their transfer. However, larger pieces can be transferred as whole chromosomes that would add significant amount of DNA material. There are several steps involved such as creation of large sequences and…

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    Novel Catalyst

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    There are many reactions in biology that are catalyzed by enzymes but there are other reactions in industrial chemistry that use industrial catalysts which have primarily been platinum based. A paper in Nature https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-026-68432-1 promises a unique shaped catalyst that can split H-H bond and other reactions. It is a unique structure and promises to…

  • AI Automations

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    The AI automations have only increased. There is one interesting one that has been receiving publicity. Check it out: https://knowledgework.ai It takes notes while the person is working and becomes the second brain. Privacy and access may be of concern but capability is available with AI tools.

  • Observability

    Byscientist

    Observability is important for AI and AI tools. It is the ability to monitor them for token usage, response quality and model drift. Typically, an AI system is monitored through logs, traces and metrics but an AI system on AI agent may need other metrics. Troubleshooting a complex AI system that produces its output probabilistically…

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    Relaxin

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    Relaxin is a 6kd 2 chain peptide hormone produced by ovary and placenta in females tha help remodel connective tissue but also promotes vasodilation and has cardioprotective and renoprotective effects in animal model via Nitric oxide pathway. Relaxin-2 signaling via GPCR RXFP1 has been investigated as a drug for its antifibrotic and vasodilatory actions. RXFP1…

  • Error codes

    Byscientist

    There is no error code in the answers that are provided by AI prompts. It will return an answer that is the best fit to the prompt or the question, but it does not tell you the probability that it is not correct or that it is low probability of answer. The conversational AI will…

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    Clinical trial challenges

    Byscientist

    Clinical trials are hard to do and often requires the cooperation of the CRO to execute the study, but Also, the study center that is recruiting The participants in the clinical study. The CRO monitors the clinical study but also all the aspects of the clinical study. A company called T3D therapeutics (https://www.t3dtherapeutics.com/) recently had…

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    Mesoscale explorer

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    Sometimes it is hard to imagine how many molecules are involved in a common biological pathway but there are thousands of molecules that orchestrate their chemical reactions to sustain life. One such area is the synaptic gap where messages are passed between neurons. This is a very active space where vesicle with messengers cross the…

  • Judging art

    Byscientist

    Art especially with pencil and paper is the culmination of human esthetic and often times is dependent on the eye of the beholder. Some artwork that is meaningful to one person is not so understandable or sometimes even ugly to the other person. So how do you judge art. There are several ways to do…