TWIST1 Study in Esophageal Cancer Retracted After Image Concerns
The editors of BMC Cancer have retracted a 2022 study that claimed to show how the transcription factor TWIST1 drives ...
Tag: Genes
Lab assays and AI predictors join forces to classify cancer variants fairly across ancestries
Every year, thousands of people who undergo genetic testing for hereditary cancer risk receive a result that is neither reassuring ...
Giant pandas lose smell genes just like seals and whales, study finds
A new comparative genomic study reveals that giant pandas have lost olfactory receptor genes at rates comparable to marine carnivores, ...
ParaDISM: New Tool Maps Tricky Short Reads to Lookalike Genes With Precision
Modern DNA sequencing machines generate billions of short reads, but a stubborn class of genes has long frustrated the software ...
Jumping Genes May Shape Fish Immunity, New Analysis Reveals
A systematic review and computational screening of ray-finned fish genomes finds that transposable element sequences match immune-related genes with striking ...
Compound microbial intelligent membrane fermentation reshapes the virome and reduces various resistance genes in duck litter
Duck farming in China has grown into one of the most productive corners of the waterfowl industry, built on birds ...
When One Gene Means Many Diseases: Multi-Disorder Genes Drive Lab Disagreement on Variant Pathogenicity
A national study of 128 clinical genetics laboratories finds that variants in multi-disease genes such as APOB, LZTR1, MYH7, and ...
Juicy past of favorite Okinawan fruit revealed
Credit: Hidekazu Sumi Citrus fruits from the mandarin family have important commercial value but how their diversity arose has been ...
New study sheds light on function of sex chromosomes in turtles
Credit: Nicole Valenzuela AMES, Iowa - A new study led by an Iowa State University scientist sheds light on how ...
Research identifies potential role of ‘junk DNA’ sequence in aging, cancer
Credit: Photo by Cori Kogan, WSU Health Sciences Spokane The human body is essentially made up of trillions of living ...
Cattle losing adaptations to environment, MU researchers find
Researchers pave the way for genetic tests of cattle that can look for the presence of specific adaptations, such as ...
Geneticists reveal how mutation causes childhood cancer; use drug to reverse its effects
Credit: Trinity College Dublin. Geneticists from Trinity College Dublin have discovered how a specific genetic mutation called H3K27M causes a ...
Largest-ever type 1 diabetes genetic study IDs potential treatment targets
Credit: UVA Health Scientists have completed the largest and most diverse genetic study of type 1 diabetes ever undertaken, identifying ...
Chromosomes separation under focus
A UNIGE team has identified important regulatory mechanisms of the protein responsible for chromosome separation during cell division.Credit: © UNIGE ...
Virginia Tech’s COVID-19 testing demonstrates power, versatility of academic labs
Credit: Clayton Metz/Virginia Tech In the early days of the pandemic, scientists at Virginia Tech created a COVID-19 testing laboratory ...
Recovering DNA from challenging forensic evidence in forensic genomics
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, July 19, 2021--Duct tape and items retrieved from the water are ...
No IgA leads to intestinal inflammation in mice
Credit: Department of Immunology, TMDU Tokyo, Japan - While researchers have known for years that immunoglobulin A (IgA) is important ...
CNIO researchers clarify the role of the two isoforms of KRAS, the most common oncogene in humans
These findings suggest that for therapies to be effective, they must be targeted at both gene productsCredit: CNIO KRAS was ...
Scientists uncover drivers of phenotypic innovation and diversification in gymnosperms
Credit: KIB Determining the major drivers of species diversification and phenotypic innovation across the Tree of Life is one of ...
Researchers surprised to find bacterial parasites behind rise of ‘super bugs’
Credit: Vaughn Cooper PITTSBURGH, July 16, 2021 - For the first time ever, researchers from the University of Pittsburgh School ...
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