Do you smell what I smell?
From genes to receptors to perception: Olfaction unraveledCredit: Monell Center PHILADELPHIA (April 30, 2019) - Several years ago the internet ...
Tag: Genes
Researcher gets $3.3 million grant to develop universal treatment for cystic fibrosis
CORVALLIS, Ore. - A pharmaceutical sciences researcher at Oregon State University has received a five-year, $3.3 million grant from the ...
To boldly go or anxiously hang back?
The decision to explore is swayed by a distinctive type of neuron, UCSF researchers discover in a mouse model of ...
Lines blurring between human herpes simplex viruses
HSV-1, which mostly infects the mouth, and HSV-2, which causes genital sores, are forming recombinants in present-day humansCredit: Greg Pepper ...
Amid genomic data explosion, scientists find proliferating errors
Credit: WSU Pullman, Wash. - Washington State University researchers found a troubling number of errors in publicly available genomic data ...
Researchers identify causes and mechanisms of polycystic ovary syndrome using family-based genetic analysis
A first-of-its-kind study using family-based genetic analysis has confirmed a gene involved in male hormone production, DENND1A, plays a major ...
Researchers identify ways to predict and avoid radiotherapy side effects
Results from REQUITE study Milan, Italy: Latest results from a project to discover what makes a cancer patient more likely ...
How the bumble bee got its stripes
Credit: Li Tian, Penn State Researchers have discovered a gene that drives color differences within a species of bumble bees. ...
Astronauts might soon grow SPACE tomatoes
Grant to UC Riverside could help put tiny tomato plants on the International Space StationCredit: Martha Orozco-Cárdenas/UCR Tiny tomato plants ...
DNA folds into a smart nanocapsule for drug delivery
Credit: Linko, Shen , Ijas/Aalto University New study of University of Jyvaskyla and Aalto University shows that nanostructures constructed of ...
Study links gene to sleep problems in autism
Credit: Photo by Cori Kogan, Washington State University Health Sciences Spokane SPOKANE, Wash. - Up to 80 percent of children ...
Using genomics to solve a 20-year case study
Andrew Dauber, M.D., MMSc., and his research team receive an award for the best novel insight published in Hormone Research ...
Clinical utility of rapid whole genome sequencing in neonates with seizures
BALTIMORE - A new study aims to determine the underlying etiology of seizures and help to target therapy, improve control ...
Large genome-wide association study is first to focus on both child and adult asthma
Most significant genes at key loci are specific to childhood onset of asthma Asthma, a common respiratory disease that causes ...
Gene repair improves memory and seizures in adult autism model
Credit: Scott Wiseman for Scripps Research JUPITER, Fla. - April 29, 2019 - A new study challenges the presumption that ...
A four-way collaboration combatting fire ants
It was the summer of 2017 when fire ants made their landfall in mainland Japan. Two years later, reported detections ...
Screening for genes to improve protein production in yeast
By silencing genes, researchers have managed to increase the protein production in yeast significantly. This method can lay the grounds ...
Québec siblings with rare orphan disease lead to discovery of rare genetic diseases
Discovery of mutations in ACTL6B gene offers insight into brain development Mutations in a gene involved in brain development have ...
Analyzing colon cancer proteins and genes uncovers new potential treatments
Credit: Baylor College of Medicine Analyzing both the entire set of genes and all the proteins produced by colon cancer ...
New genetic test detects hundreds of harmful mutations among high-risk groups
Study suggests widespread screening may lower morbidity and mortality for Amish and Mennonites WILMINGTON, Del. (April 25, 2019) - Researchers ...