Combination therapies could help treat fatal lung cancers
Combining a new class of drug with two other compounds can significantly shrink lung tumours in mice and human cancer ...
Tag: Genetics
The path of breast-to-brain cancer metastasis
Credit: W. Jiao and Q. Zeng (EPFL) In 2018, breast cancer was the most common cancer in women worldwide, accounting ...
Scientists set to start $10M project to create health diagnosis tool for bees
York University to develop 'BeeCSI' tool to help Canada's rapidly declining honey beesCredit: York University TORONTO, September 18, 2019 - ...
Extinct human species gave modern humans an immunity boost
Credit: Owen Siggs Findings from the Garvan Institute of Medical Research show modern humans acquired a gene variant from Denisovans ...
Heart cells respond to heart attack and increase the chance of survival
Cells adjacent to injured areas within the heart sense the damage and ensure immediate survival and could be exploited to ...
Guppies teach us why evolution happens
Places, not predators, are evolution catalystsCredit: David Reznick / UCR Guppies, a perennial pet store favorite, have helped a UC ...
Fruit flies’ microbiomes shape their evolution
Biologists from the School of Arts and Sciences observed distinct shifts in the genomes of fruit flies fed different bacterial ...
Genomic migration analysis shows antibiotic resistance moving from humans to animals
Credit: Clemson College of Science CLEMSON, South Carolina - A Clemson University professor's research has documented the movement of antibiotic ...
Every step a cell takes, every move they make — scientists will be watching
Scientists have created a novel two-layer microchip to track individual developmental changes in stem cells over longer time periodsCredit: Ben-Yakar ...
Did microbes assist life in colonizing land?
Comparative microbiome study enables researchers of the Kiel based CRC 1182 to gain new insights into the course of evolutionCredit: ...
Gene editing enables researchers to correct mutation in muscle stem cells in DMD model
Correction of mutation in muscle stem cells with CRISPR editing may pave the way for lifelong treatments for muscular dystrophyCredit: ...
Researchers find building mutations into Ebola virus protein disrupts ability to cause disease
Credit: Georgia State University ATLANTA--Creating mutations in a key Ebola virus protein that helps the deadly virus escape from the ...
Pros and cons of genetic scissors
In combination with other methods, Crispr technology might one day render animal testing obsolete.Credit: RUB, Marquard Crispr technology has greatly ...
Hiding in plain sight
Early rice farmers unwittingly selected for weedy impostersCredit: Jordan R. Brock/Washington University Early rice growers unwittingly gave barnyard grass a ...