Biology Digest

Scientists can now make proteins that bind a bunch of different targets. How did they do it — and what does this breakthrough mean for Foldit? In this video, we breakdown a recent breakthough in protein design.

(CNN)In 2003, the Human Genome Project made history when it sequenced 92% of the human genome. But for nearly two decades since, scientists have struggled to decipher the remaining 8%. Now, a team of nearly 100 scientists from the Telomere-to-Telomere (T2T) Consortium has unveiled the complete human genome -- the first time it's been sequenced in its entirety, the researchers say. "Having this complete information will allow us to better understand how we form as an individual organism and how we vary not just between other humans but other species," Evan Eichler, a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator at the University of Washington and the research leader, said Thursday. The new research introduces 400 million letters to the previously sequenced DNA -- an entire chromosome's worth. The full genome will allow scientists to analyze how DNA differs between people and whether these genetic variations play a role in disease. The research, published in the journal...

SAN BRUNO (KRON) – The 44 acres the Tanforan mall in San Bruno sits on has been sold to a real estade developer. Alexandria Real Estate has purchased three different sections of the Tanforan site for roughly $300 million. They plan to put in a life sciences campus and office space. There could also be housing, which is something the city of San Bruno was hoping for as it looked for someone to redevelop this location. Now, the Tanforan mall has been here since the 1970s. It was redeveloped in the early 2000s. And as it changes ownerships the people who live nearby are concerned about what this could mean for the people who work here and the future of this area. So far, we have not seen any specific details on what Alexandria Real Estate plans to do here, and certainly that will be an ongoing conversation with the county and the city of San Bruno in the months and years ahead. https://www.kron4.com/news/bay-area/peninsulas-tanforan-mall-to-become-biotech-office-space/ Congrats and hope f...

 

  Part 1 is the vaccine mandate affecting schools in the state of California removing religious and personal beliefs over COVID-19 vaccine/booster. Part 2 is the Workplace mandates for California. 

 

  Although Sacramento in the past decade has been the target of anti-vax rantings initially to stop measles and COVID-19 now beware the state of California will face another set of conspiracy theories. This involves Universal Health care for the state.  If this law is approved then it will get revenue from wealthy companies and individuals to pay for the bill. In my view this is needed to hold the wealth accountable and California catching up with the rest of the industrialized world.  https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article257099437.html https://apnews.com/article/business-health-california-universal-health-care-36e64b79d7b7c01e9ccee2230192e923 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jan/11/california-universal-healthcare-bill-residents Also another conspiracy that has came out is the new vaccine mandates for California where Children are required to get booster shots before entering school. If this pass this vaccine mandate will update a s...