Major Asia gene study to help doctors battle disease
Credit: Dan Addison | UVA Communications An ambitious new study of genes in Asian populations is filling in big gaps ...
Tag: Genes
Scientists short-circuit maturity in insects, opening new paths to disease prevention
Puberty-controlling hormone does not travel freely into the brain as previously thoughtCredit: Naoki Yamanaka / UCR New research from UC ...
Hundreds of UCLA students publish encyclopedia of 1,000 genes linked to organ development
Credit: Cory Evans A team of 245 UCLA undergraduates and 31 high school students has published an encyclopedia of more ...
New bacteriophage fully characterized and sequenced
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, January 27, 2020--Researchers have identified a new bacteriophage that can infect ...
Genomics experts dispute nine genes linked to congenital heart condition
NHGRI-funded ClinGen panel also validates three genes believed to be associated with long QT syndromeCredit: Darryl Leja, NHGRI Geneticists and ...
Revealed an alteration related to the loss of effectiveness of a treatment in lung cancer
Credit: Montse Sánchez-Céspedes The Cancer Genetics Group of the Josep Carreras Leukaemia Research Institute, led by Montse Sánchez-Céspedes, together with ...
Scanning system in sperm may control rate of human evolution
Credit: Cell Press Maturing sperm cells turn on most of their genes, not to follow their genetic instructions like normal, ...
Life’s Frankenstein beginnings
New evidence shows the first building blocks of life on Earth may have been messier than previously thoughtCredit: Don Kawahigashi/Unsplash ...
Scientists identify gene that puts brakes on tissue growth
Findings in worm with regenerative prowess could aid human tissue engineering methodsCredit: Northwestern University The planarian flatworm is a simple ...
Autoimmunity may explain why an important immune system is absent in many bacteria
Credit: Ellinor O. Alseth New findings from University of Exeter researchers reveal how bacterial immune systems can be harmful for ...
Genetic identification of human remains from the Spanish Civil War and the dictatorship
A research team at the UPV/EHU is working to optimise genetic analyses for identifying victims who disappeared during the Spanish ...
‘Innovative research award’ helps Colorado scientists block brain cancer escape routes
Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center Cancers used to be defined by where they grow in the body - lung ...
Fat cells can sense sunlight — not getting enough increases metabolic syndrome risk
Eye-opening study from Cincinnati Children's suggests that lack of sun can lead to problems beyond seasonal affective disorderCredit: Cincinnati Children's ...
Cardiac and visual degeneration arrested by a food supplement
UNIGE researchers have discovered a new gene that causes blindness and cardiomyopathy; they have also managed to halt the progression ...
Advancing the application of genomic sequences through ‘Kmasker plants’
Joint press release of IPK, IPB & Martin Luther University Halle-WittenbergCredit: Chris Ulpinnis / IPB Halle & Pixabay Gatersleben, 20.01.2020 ...
Low doses of radiation used in medical imaging lead to mutations in cell cultures
Discovery that radiation creates breaks that allow in foreign DNA must be confirmed in animal studiesCredit: Kevin Mackenzie, University of ...
Cancer study may accidentally help researchers create usable blood stem cells
Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center A massive research effort over more than a quarter century has tried to make ...
Scientists discover link between ALS genes
Study holds promise for ALS treatmentsCredit: University of Malta The enzyme Gemin3 was identified as the molecular 'bridge' between genes ...
A sea monster’s genome
Credit: The Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London Sailors' yarns about the Kraken, a giant sea-monster lurking in the ...
Why can’t Bertrand Might cry? Scientists offer an answer: missing water channels
Credit: The Might family LA JOLLA, CALIF. - January 16, 2020 - Scientists at Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute ...