Tag: Genes

April 1, 2021

Toolkit easily incorporates into any laboratory science courseCredit: ChristianaCare St. Georges Technical High School in southern New Castle County, Delaware ...

CU Cancer Center researcher reveals new effects of oxygen deprivation in cancer cells

March 31, 2021

Joaquin Espinosa, PhD, and his team investigated the role of hypoxia-inducible factors in tumor growth and suppressionCredit: Joaquin Espinosa, PhD ...

Scientists discover new genetic disease that delays brain development in children

March 31, 2021

Credit: Gretel Nicholson, EXRC Scientists have discovered a new genetic disease, which causes some children's brains to develop abnormally, resulting ...

Everyone poops: Monitoring COVID-19 in wastewater

March 30, 2021

University of Missouri scientists receive $4 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to examine clues about the rate ...

Prime editing enables precise gene editing without collateral damage

March 30, 2021

Credit: Kim Ratliff, Augusta University The latest gene editing technology, prime editing, expands the "genetic toolbox" for more precisely creating ...

John D. Carpten elected fellow of AACR Academy

American Association for Cancer Research honors distinguished USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center scientistCredit: Keck School of Medicine of USC John ...

HKBU-led research unlocks the genomic secrets of organisms that thrive in extreme deep-sea

Credit: (Drawn by HKBU student Hu Juntong) A study led by scientists at Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) has decoded ...

Genetic sleuthing reveals endangered river dolphins in Asia as different species

Tissue collection at NOAA Fisheries lab helps reveal genetic distinctionCredit: Mansur/WCR Bangladesh New genetic analysis and years of painstaking research ...

Inflammation-fighting protein could improve treatment of rheumatoid arthritis

Credit: Photo by Cori Kogan, Washington State University Health Sciences Spokane SPOKANE, Wash. - New research led by scientists at ...

UMD reports six novel variants for CRISPR-Cas12a in plants, expanding genome engineering

New publication in Nature Communications offers patentable tools to improve the efficiency of food productionCredit: National Institutes of Health, public ...

Researchers discover why cold induces tooth pain and hypersensitivity — and how to stop it

Odontoblasts, the cells that form a tooth's dentin, have a newly discovered function: Sensing cold, which can trigger pain in ...

Signals from muscle protect from dementia

Scientists at St. Jude are studying how signals sent from skeletal muscle affect the brainCredit: St. Jude Children's Research Hospital ...

Gray’s beaked whales ‘resilient’ to ecosystem changes

Credit: Mark Camm An elusive whale species in the Southern Ocean could be resilient to near-future ecosystem changes, according to ...

Discovery of a third T cell lineage