Genetics
A tail of gene expression
Imagine trying to fly a kite without a tail. It swoops and loops and wiggles and finally crashes down into...
Single gene mutation causes severely debilitating disease of brain blood vessels
The cause of a disease that targets blood vessels in the brain – leading to multiple debilitating symptoms and, often,...
DNA structure influences the function of transcription factors
A depiction of the double helical structure of DNA. Its four coding units (A, T, C, G) are color-coded in...
Placenta in females, muscle mass in males: The dual heritage of a virus
Cross section of mouse muscle (in blue: labeling of nuclei; in green: labeling of muscle fiber membranes). Normal male mice...
Two key proteins preserve vital genetic information
Ken-ichi Noma, Ph.D.PHILADELPHIA–(August 22, 2016)– Cancer is often driven by various genetic mutations that are acquired through changes to a...
New types of African Salmonella associated with lethal infection
There are 3 epidemic types of S. Enteritidis based on 675 isolates; 2 African epidemic types and a global epidemic...
Cellular snowplow keeps genes open
EAST LANSING, Mich. — A new discovery at Michigan State University has revealed how special genes stay open for business,...
Potential therapeutic target for Huntington’s disease
Credits: yourgenome.org There is new hope in the fight against Huntington’s disease. Scientists at the Gladstone Institutes discovered that changing...
Where there’s smoke — and a mutation — there may be an evolutionary edge for humans
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — A genetic mutation may have helped modern humans adapt to smoke exposure from fires and perhaps...
Discovery of male-harming DNA mutation reinforces ‘mother’s curse’ hypothesis
There is new evidence that the “mother’s curse” – the possibility that moms may transmit genes to their children that...
Yale researchers shed light on evolutionary mystery: Origins of the female orgasm
Female orgasm seems to be a happy afterthought of our evolutionary past when it helped stimulate ovulation, a new study...
Four newly-identified genes could improve rice
A Japanese research team have applied a method used in human genetic analysis to rice and rapidly discovered four new...
Wild parents’ genomes reveal complex genetic past for garden variety petunias
Credit: Tomas Hasing ITHACA, NY– When gardeners look at a petunia, they see the vibrant and versatile blooms of the...
Reading between the genes
For a long time dismissed as “junk DNA”, we now know that also the regions between the genes fulfil vital...
Increased marrying, and mating, by education level not affecting genetic make-up
While the latter half of the 20th century showed a widening gap between the more and less educated with respect...
Appeal of ‘genetic puzzles’ leads to National Medal of Science for UW’s Mary-Claire King
In a White House ceremony May 19, President Barack Obama presented the National Medal of Science to Mary-Claire King, University...
Scientists to crack the genetic code of the Y chromosome in malaria mosquitoes
Human malaria, uniquely transmitted by a handful of anopheline mosquitoes, continues to attack nearly 200 million people and claims the...
Protein SIRT5 linked to healthy heart function
ITHACA, N.Y. – The human heart is a remarkable muscle, beating more than 2 billion times over the average life...
Ensuring the integrity of our genetic material during reproduction
This news release is available in German. Our genetic material – our DNA – must be stable; so that it...
Neanderthal Y chromosome offers clues to what kept us separate species
Researchers reporting in the American Journal of Human Genetics, published by Cell Press, have completed the first in-depth genetic analysis...