UC Riverside postdoc receives NIH Pathway to Independence grant
Rebekah Charney's research aims to shed light on the mechanisms underlying Mowat-Wilson syndromeCredit: UC Riverside RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- Rebekah Charney, ...
Tag: Genes
Day in, day out: Targeting the daily magnesium “rhythm” can optimize crop yield
Scientists study the 24-hour pattern of magnesium intake in a rice plant to see if the photosynthetic efficiency of the ...
Biologists trace plants’ steady mitochondrial genomes to a gene found in viruses, bacteria
Presence of MSH1 gene in plants offers clue for why animal mitochondrial genomes tend to mutateCredit: Dan Sloan/Colorado State University ...
A complex gene program initiates brain changes in response to cocaine
This work is a step forward in understanding early molecular changes that influence the development of addiction, and may have ...
Born to be a cannibal: Genes for feeding behavior in mandarin fish identified
Credit: HZAU Some mandarin fish species (Sinipercidae) are pure fish-eaters, which feed exclusively on living juvenile fish - also of ...
Amygdala changes in male patients with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder
DNA hypermethylation responsible for reduced amygdala volume in male patients with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.A) CpG site where the structure ...
Temple scientists identify key factor regulating abnormal heart growth
Credit: Temple University Health System (Philadelphia, PA) - The human heart is like a sponge, able to expand and grow, ...
Tackling coral reefs’ thorny problem
Scientists decipher the evolutionary history of a coral reef predatorCredit: OIST Researchers from the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology ...
Deconstructing glioblastoma complexity reveals its pattern of development
Study identifies rapidly dividing cancer stem cells that can respond to new therapiesCredit: The Neuro Brain cancers have long been ...
The CNIO creates a collaborative platform to streamline brain metastasis research
Credit: CNIO Science is collaborative by nature, since scientific knowledge only advances, step by step, through combined efforts and findings. ...
Links between parents’ and children’s asthma and allergies
Credit: Hans Bisgaard New research found that, compared with a father's traits related to allergies and asthma, a mother's traits ...
St. Jude researchers create an analytic tool that opens a new frontier of cancer discovery
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital scientists have developed software to identify cancer-causing mutations lurking in vast regions of the human ...
New Human Gene Therapy editorial: Concern following gene therapy adverse events
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, July 2, 2020--The Editor-in-Chief of Human Gene Therapy, the first journal ...
How that preprint about a ‘more contagious strain’ of coronavirus changed in peer review
Credit: Korber et al. / Cell On May 5, 2020, news broke about a reportedly more contagious variant of SARS-CoV-2--the ...
CityU’s CRISPR-assisted novel method detects RNA-binding proteins in living cells
Credit: Photo source: DOI number: 10.1038/s41592-020-0866-0 While scientists still don't fully understand the diverse nature of RNA molecules, it is ...
How does our brain fold? Study reveals new genetic insights
Credit: RMIT University New research is helping unlock the mystery of how the brain folds as a baby develops in ...
Identified the genetic landscape of myelodysplastic/myeloproliferative neoplasms
Credit: Laura Palomo Myelodysplastic/myeloproliferative neoplasms (MDS/MPN) is a group of rare malignancies with overlapping features from myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) and ...
R&D of mRNA vaccine production technology against COVID-19 and further new coronavirus
TMIMS and iCONM started joint researchCredit: 2020 Innovation Center of NanoMedicine June 4, 2020 - Kawasaki / Japan: The Innovation ...
Task force formed to identify genetic clues to COVID-19 susceptibility
Universities and medical institutions in Japan established a task force to examine genes associated with COVID-19 immune response by collecting ...
New treatment for common form of muscular dystrophy shows promise in cells, animals
University of Alberta-led team develops synthetic molecule that stops production of toxic muscle-killing proteinCredit: University of Alberta Researchers have designed ...