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Lighting Up Plants' Lives

Feb 06, 2007

In more open-access news, Cold Spring Harbor Protocols posted a freely-accessible article as part of their current issue. This paper contains suggestions for how plant biologists can bypass plants’ cell walls and natural fluorescence to use green fluorescent protein in imaging various plant tissues.

Breaking News
The Scan

Missed Early Cases

A retrospective analysis of blood samples suggests early SARS-CoV-2 infections may have been missed in the US, the New York Times reports.

Limited Journal Editor Diversity

A survey finds low diversity among scientific and medical journal editors, according to The Scientist.

How Much of a Threat?

Science writes that need for a provision aimed at shoring up genomic data security within a new US bill is being questioned.

PNAS Papers on Historic Helicobacter Spread, Brain Development, C. difficile RNAs

In PNAS this week: Helicobacter genetic diversity gives insight into human migrations, gene expression patterns of brain development, and more.