Part 45 Article: Biotechnology My Blog Title: The world, from the past to the present, retold from the timelines. Click on PDF to download from Part 3 2023: [8.29] Notable innovations: CRISPR-freebase editing system without guide RNA that enabled also editing chloroplast and mitochondrial genomes with precision (CyDENT). Sourced from [twinkl.com] titled “What is a Chloroplast?” Chloroplasts are mostly oval-shaped blobs, but they can come in shapes like stars and ribbons too. A chloroplast is protected by a smooth outer membrane which holds all of its material. They contain chlorophyll, which is the pigment that gives plants their green colour. Chloroplasts are important to the growth of the plant because they turn sunlight into energy for the plant to use. This is a process called photosynthesis. Chloroplasts are multi-talented. They also store energy for the plant cell and fight off diseases. They are an important part of the cell’s immune system which helps it to stay healthy. Just l...
Part 16 Article: Biotechnology My Blog Title: The world, from the past to the present, retold from the timelines. Click on PDF to download from Part 3 2023: Notable innovations: a large language model (ProGen) that could generate functional protein sequences with a predictable function, with the input including tags specifying protein properties. In linguistics, a corpus is a collection of linguistic data used for research, scholarship, and teaching. Indeed, even if different corpora existed to train protein language models, the correct interpretation of the produced sequences remains a challenge. Protein evolution differed from language evolution, containing irregularities due to randomness and environmental pressure, and with a grammar that unavoidably will contain many irregularities. Finally, we had to remark on the size of the language of proteins that needs to cover millions of species on Earth, which necessitated studying the general properties of proteins rather than study...