The first form of live in planet earth

 The origin of life on planet earth could be a bacteria that fix C02 and H2...

The concept of a last universal common ancestor of all cells (LUCA, or the progenote) is central to the study of early evolution and life's origin, yet information about how and where LUCA lived is lacking. 

LUCA inhabited a geochemically active environment rich in H2, CO2 and iron. The data support the theory of an autotrophic origin of life involving the Wood–Ljungdahl pathway in a hydrothermal setting. 

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The physiology and habitat of the last universal common ancestor : Nature Microbiology

Understanding the basic principles of life...

The simplest form of live has been developed inside a laboratory and has only 473 genes...

Not all the 'code' used is already understood...

... Improved transposon mutagenesis methods revealed a class of quasi-essential genes that are needed for robust growth, explaining the failure of our initial design. Three cycles of design, synthesis, and testing, with retention of quasi-essential genes, produced JCVI-syn3.0 (531 kilobase pairs, 473 genes), which has a genome smaller than that of any autonomously replicating cell found in nature. JCVI-syn3.0 retains almost all genes involved in the synthesis and processing of macromolecules. Unexpectedly, it also contains 149 genes with unknown biological functions. JCVI-syn3.0 is a versatile platform for investigating the core functions of life and for exploring whole-genome design.

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Design and synthesis of a minimal bacterial genome | Science

Cultivate potatoes in Mars...

A new research will grow potatoes under Martian conditions.

If it works it would be a good notice for malnutrition poverty all around the globe.

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NASA Will Test Growing Potatoes In Mars-Like Environment | IFLScience

Potatoes on Mars: Setting course for Martian farming

Modified rice against hunger and pollution

Modified rice could reduce methane emissions and provide higher yield.

The chunk of DNA is taken from barley.


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Expression of barley SUSIBA2 transcription factor yields high-starch low-methane rice : Nature : Nature Publishing Group

Design and hack synthetic biology

Make fun programming bacteria DNA.
Accessible biotech allows biology education and practice to the community.

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Synthetic biology

The morphology of DNA

The spatial organization of chromatin within metaphase chromosomes is a fundamental question for biology.

The research has more information about the dimensions and the structure of chromosomes.

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The energy components of stacked chromatin layers explain the morphology, dimensions and mechanical properties of metaphase chromosomes | Journal of The Royal Society Interface

There are 320000 unkown mammalian viruses

These research estimates the "virodiversity" usign statistical techniques.

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A Strategy To Estimate Unknown Viral Diversity in Mammals