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The latest issue of JTAS unravels how biomarkers could help identify vulnerable species of shallow water fish (grouper), how semen qaulity can be improved during storage at low temperatures and explains why knowing the composition of a chicken carcass may be of use.

Scientists at A*STAR’s Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology (IMCB) have made a landmark discovery to pave the way for more targeted solutions for cancer treatment and hope for cancer prevention.

The largest ever pterosaur fossil discovered in Japan found in Tohuku

Summaries of newsworthy papers: Medicine: Modified Mycobacterium offers new TB vaccine platform; Nature: Teaching old diabetes treatments new tricks; Geoscience: An imperfect analogue; Nature: Bird digits point out evolutionary changes; Genetics: Sequencing of colorectal tumors and more

Summaries of newsworthy papers: Ageing: Keeping old mice young at heart; Stem cells: Bolstering bone density; Wheat can’t stand the heat

Summaries of newsworthy papers: Geoscience: Warmth projected for subsurface oceans; Medicine: The myelin fix; Geoscience: Metal-rich mud; Generation of dopaminergic neurons from fibroblasts

Summaries of newsworthy papers - Biology: Target for type 2 diabetes and obesity treatment; Comment: End the bias against non-native species; Virology: Modelling HCV; Quantum physics: Catching the wavefunction; Chemistry: Probing the air–water interface; Flies hot-foot it to safety; Stem cells: Mending a broken heart

Summaries of newsworthy papers - Climate Change: Costing effective forest conservation; Immunology: An innate clue to asthma; Climate Change: Access to the Arctic; Medicine: BIN-ning muscle disease; Nanotechnology: A cool new microscope; And finally…Neuroscience: Success at suppression

Summaries of newsworthy papers - Geoscience: Better earthquake risk maps needed; Chemical Biology: Commodity chemicals by design; Structural & Molecular Biology: Connecting genetics to diseases; Nanotechnology: A superconducting first near absolute zero; Genetics: Risk variant for prostate cancer in African-American men

A mouthwash that may help prevent mouth cancer has been developed by researchers at Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM). The plant based product could provide a non-alcoholic alternative to conventional products for the Islamic market.

Summaries of newsworthy papers - Language: Keeping linguistic variation in the family; Neuroscience: Creating human neurons that model schizophrenia; Fossils: A fresh start for early eukaryotes; Physics: Atomic currents in a spin; Physics: Simulating quantum magnetism; And finally… Ear evolution caught in the act

Summaries of newsworthy papers - Nanotechnology: Some nanoparticles affect pregnant mice; Geoscience: Large carbon stocks in mangroves; Medicine: Keeping bone from forming in the wrong place; Photonics: Extremely stable optical lattice clocks; Chemical Biology: Cannabis without hallucinations; And finally…Neuroscience: Itching for answers

In the absence of vitamin A, the body loses immune cells that put the brakes on the earliest stages of infection

Summaries of newsworthy papers - Genetics: Genetic interactions in HIV-1 drug resistance; Chemical Biology: Harmful protein misfolding in cancer; Cell Biology: A microRNA that regulates insulin resistance; Immunology: The regulatory function of intact tissues; Geoscience: Long-distance earthquake triggering restricted to small events.

Summaries of newsworthy papers - Medicine: Predicting diabetes development; Methods: Rapid, high-resolution, label-free imaging; Immunology: X-linked defects in B cell production; Geoscience: Fjord dynamics could affect Greenland glacier stability

Summaries of newsworthy papers - Medicine: Minimally invasive diagnosis of Down syndrome; Genetics: Variants associated with heart disease; Methods: A simple pluripotency test for human stem cells; Chemical Biology: TB in view; Genetics: Variant associated with high risk of sick sinus syndrome; And finally…Biotechnology: Biofuels from proteins

Humanized mouse models help clarify the origins of leukemia and the cellular processes that lead to its recurrence, providing hope for a cure for this intractable blood disease.

Summaries of newsworthy papers - Astronomy: Clustering galaxies seen in the very early Universe; Comment: Counting the cost of corruption in earthquake zones; Neuroscience: Modelled tinnitus treatment rings true; Quantum physics: Entangled light stored in crystals; And finally... Teething trouble .

A newly characterized protein promotes embryonic brain formation by hiding a receptor with the potential to undermine this process.

Summary of newsworhty papers: Genomics: Digital DNA; Genetics: The genetics of impulsivity; Genomes: Functional elements on the fly

Summaries of newsworthy papers in Nature and NAture Research Journals including Medicine: Identity theft, Structural & Molecular Biology: Switching BRCA1, Genetics: Variants associated with age at menarche, Genetics: Variants associated with Crohn’s disease and Nature: From brain cancer to blood vessel

Summaries of newsworthy papers include: History of Haitian earthquakes; Rupture of an unmapped fault in Haiti; Genetics: Genetic variants associated with bladder cancer

Summaries of newsworthy papers include: Safeguarding our water; Translating cancer research into personalized care; Growth opportunities; Triple entanglement of superconducting quantum bits; Oceanography: Mixing it up; Cancer: RANKL rankles; Hints of exotic pairing in an ultracold gas

Summaries of newsworthy papers include: Quantum computing: Silicon spintronics; Saudi Arabian volcano crisis

Summaries of newsworthy papers include: Biology: Knockout rats

Summaries of newsworthy papers include: Wired for anxiety?; Oscillating convection cells in marine cloud fields; Ancient mantle reservoir identified; A closer look at ferromagnets; A fractal surprise in a high-temperature superconductor

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) showcased an array of innovations which range from stem cell research to energy-saving device and RFID technology. These breakthroughs have impressed overseas audience at the 38th International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva in Switzerland.

Pioneering work on the immune system in our gut reveals the important role of intestinal ‘microfold’ cells in the functioning of our immune system.

What makes a moon?; Tracing Jewish roots; Sex bias in trials and treatment must end; ‘Random walk’ helps predators find food; Supply and demand; Stem-cell promise; Bubbles from bubbles

Aspirin leads to beneficial lipids; Variants associated to Paget’s disease of bone; Malaria-induced marrow changes; Stem cells’ biochemistry revealed; Woolly mammoth’s cold adaptation