A new automatic approach of classifying raw data from continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) has been proven feasible and of potential to guide glucose management among patients with diabetes, according to a recent study in Health Data Science, a Science Partner Journal.

The development of perennial woody plants has two distinct phases: juvenile and adult. The juvenile period is the specific stage from the germination of the seed to the first flowering in perennial woody plants; it lasts for several years to decades, depending on the environment and genotype. During the juvenile phase, plants are unable to flower, even under inductive conditions. Therefore, the phase transition from juvenile to adult is actually the most important event in the entire life cycle of perennial woody plants.

Root-knot nematodes (RKN; Meloidogyne spp.) cause significant annual yield reductions in cucumber crops. These obligatory endoparasites inhabit plant roots, where they cause structural, physiological, and biochemical changes in their hosts. Cucumis metuliferus is an important wild germplasm with RKN resistance in which plant root volatiles are thought to play a role. It is therefore important to explore the underlying molecular mechanisms by which they influence RKN parasitic behavior.

Plant transformation and regeneration remain highly species- and genotype-dependent. Conventional hormone-based plant regeneration via somatic embryogenesis or organogenesis is tedious, time-consuming, and requires specialized skills and experience. Over the last 40 years, significant advances have been made in elucidating the molecular mechanisms that underlie embryogenesis and organogenesis. These pioneering studies have led to a better understanding of the key steps and factors involved in plant regeneration, resulting in the identification of crucial growth and developmental regulatory genes that can dramatically improve regeneration efficiency, shorten transformation time, and make transformation of recalcitrant genotypes possible. Co-opting these regulatory genes offers great potential for developing innovative genotype-independent genetic transformation methods for various plant species, including specialty crops. Further developing these approaches has the potential to result in plant transformation without the use of hormones, antibiotics, selectable marker genes, or tissue culture. As an enabling technology, the use of these regulatory genes has great potential to enable the application of advanced breeding technologies such as genetic engineering and gene editing to crop improvement in transformation-recalcitrant crops and cultivars.

- Developed technology to accurately inspect the quality of red blood cells stored for a certain period of time with AI-based holography technology - Possible to inject clean, healthy red blood cells into the patient. Expected to help minimize side effects of blood transfusion after surgery.