MITOCHONDRIAL REPLACEMENT IN THE ENGLISH-LANGUAGE PRINT MEDIA: CONTINUITY AND CHANGE IN METAPHORS AND SOCIAL REPRESENTATIONS

Mitochondrial replacement in the English-language print media: continuity and change in metaphors and social representations

In May 2023, The Guardian announced LaserDisc Player that babies had been born through mitochondrial replacement therapy (MRT).MRT and its ethical and legal implications have been discussed in the media for over a decade.These discussions have been examined by social scientists and communication scholars.In this article, we seek to determine whethe

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A 360-degree process improvement approach based on multiple models

Several models and methodologies have been defi ned in order to support organisational process improvement.The implementation and institutionalisation of these approaches allow organisations to improve, mature, acquire and institutionalise best practices and management systems Stepping Stones from multiple approaches.However, there are two issues,

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The Receptor Kinases DRUS1 and DRUS2 Behave Distinctly in Osmotic Stress Tolerance by Modulating the Root System Architecture via Auxin Signaling

Receptor kinases DRUS1 (Dwarf and Runtish Spikelet1) and DRUS2 are orthologues of the renowned Arabidopsis thaliana gene FERONIA, which play redundant roles in rice growth and development.Whether the two duplicated genes perform distinct functions in response to environmental stress is largely unknown.Here, we found that osmotic stress (OS) and ABA

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