Genetic study of the causes of excess liver iron may lead to better treatment
High levels of iron in the liver are linked to a number of serious health conditions including cancer, diabetes, high ...
Tag: Genes
Identifying the risk of recurrence of developmental disorder in future pregnancies
Having a child with a developmental disorder can cause parents to worry about the outcome of further pregnancies. In cases ...
Heritable behavioral differences between cat breeds
Credit: Heikki Siltala Cat breeds differ from each other in behaviour with regard to activity, aggressiveness, shyness, sociability and stereotypical ...
It’s not easy being green
UCR research uncovers elusive process essential to plant greeningCredit: Chan Yul Yoo / UC Riverside Despite how essential plants are ...
A rapid, easy-to-use DNA amplification method at 37°C
Study could advance molecular diagnosis and roboticsCredit: Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry Scientists in Japan have developed a way of amplifying ...
The start of a new era in stem cell therapy
Credit: Tamer Onder & Team ISTANBUL, TURKEY - A recent study published in the April 8 issue of Nature Chemical ...
CNIO researchers find effective drug combinations for glioblastoma in mice
Credit: CNIO Usually, scientists study the molecular biology of cancer to find new treatments, but sometimes, it is the other ...
New gene editor harnesses jumping genes for precise DNA integration
Credit: Sam Sternberg/Columbia University Irving Medical Center NEW YORK, NY --A new discovery by researchers at Columbia University Vagelos College ...
New tool can pinpoint origins of the gut’s bacteria
Credit: UCLA Samueli Engineering A UCLA-led research team has developed a faster and more accurate way to determine where the ...
Groundbreaking DNA study launched to discover new connections between genetics & diseases
Study represents largest DNA mapping effort undertaken in US from a single populationCredit: Intermountain Healthcare REYKJAVIK, ICELAND, and SALT LAKE ...
Women caught in a pickle by their own immune systems
ASU scientists develop new hypothesis explaining sex differences in human diseasesCredit: Jacob Sahertian/ASU VisLab Women get autoimmune diseases, such as ...
Early life stress plus overexpressed FKBP5 protein increases anxiety behavior
A new preclinical study adds to mounting evidence about the interplay between genetics and environment in mental healthCredit: USF Health ...
From face to DNA: New method aims to improve match between DNA sample and face database
Predicting what someone's face looks like based on a DNA sample remains a hard nut to crack for science. It ...
How genes interact to build tissues and organisms
Credit: © CRG 2019. All rights reserved. Although the knowledge we have about human cells and tissues has steadily increased ...
Foraging for nitrogen
How brassinosteroid signaling makes roots grow longer under nitrogen deficiencyCredit: Dr. Ricardo Giehl/IPK As sessile organisms, plants rely on their ...
Scientists edge closer to root causes of multiple sclerosis
Credit: University of British Columbia An international team of researchers led by the University of British Columbia has made a ...
Danger avoidance can be genetically encoded for four generations, say Princeton biologists
A team of Princeton scientists found that learned behaviors in C. elegans can be conveyed through the germline for multiple ...
Individuals who attempt suicide carry an increased genetic liability for depression, regardless of their psychiatric disorder
The largest genome wide association study (GWAS) to date on suicide attempt reveals that genetic liability to depression increases an ...
NIH funds clinical trials using genomics to treat chronic diseases
A new phase of the IGNITE Network will conduct clinical trials of genomic medicine interventionsCredit: Ernesto Del Aguila III, NHGRI ...
DNA nanorobots target HER2-positive breast cancer cells
Credit: Adapted from Nano Letters 2019, DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.9b01320 According to the Mayo Clinic, about 20% of breast cancers make abnormally ...