How a Plant Gene Ended Up in an Insects DNA
Learn about \u201cbrain fog\u201d in menopause; NASA\u2019s patent prevalence; and a plant gene found in an insect for the first time.
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People Working On NASA Projects Rack Up Every One In 1,000 Patents by Joanie Faletto
- NASA - NASA Engineers and Scientists-Transforming Dreams Into Reality. (2014). Nasa.gov. https://www.nasa.gov/50th/50th_magazine/scientists.html
- Home | NASA Spinoff. (2021). Nasa.gov. https://spinoff.nasa.gov/
- 40 Years of NASA Spinoff. (2011). NASA. https://www.nasa.gov/offices/oct/40-years-of-nasa-spinoff
- Memory Foam Supports and Shapes in Women\u2019s Apparel | NASA Spinoff. (2019). Nasa.gov. https://spinoff.nasa.gov/Spinoff2019/cg_4.html
A plant gene was found in an insect for the first time by Cameron Duke
- Plant gene found in insect, shields it from leaf toxins. (2021). EurekAlert! https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-03/cp-pg031721.php
- Xia, J., Guo, Z., Yang, Z., Han, H., Wang, S., Xu, H., Yang, X., Yang, F., Wu, Q., Xie, W., Zhou, X., Dermauw, W., Turlings, T. C. J., & Zhang, Y. (2021). Whitefly hijacks a plant detoxification gene that neutralizes plant toxins. Cell, 184(7), 1693-1705.e17. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2021.02.014
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