CNIO researchers discover the cause of neuronal death in a large proportion of familial ALS patients
Credit: CNIO In Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), the progressive death of neurons that control body movement leads to paralysis of ...
Tag: Genetics
Gold leaf could help diagnose viral infections in low-resource settings
Credit: Adapted from ACS Central Science 2021, DOI: 10.1021/acscentsci.1c00186 Gold leaf -- gold metal hammered into thin sheets -- is ...
Oregon State researchers discover new class of cancer fighting compounds
Credit: Oregon State University CORVALLIS, Ore. - A team of Oregon State University scientists has discovered a new class of ...
NSU researcher part of team to sequence the genome of the leopard
This genetic analysis revises current interpretation of their natural history, migrations and future vulnerabilityCredit: Nikolay Zinoviev Study Take-Aways: Different African ...
New USask research will make bean crops hardier, help improve global food security
Tepary bean genome may lead to sustainable alternatives for legume crops affected by changing climateCredit: Debra Marshall Photography SASKATOON - ...
Researchers reveal how PIF proteins regulate cytokinesis
Credit: WANG Lei To protect their newly formed fragile organs, dark-grown dicotyledonous plants form an apical hook when penetrating through ...
Researchers reveal Knl1 gene function in plants
Credit: Dr. HAN Fangpu's group Dr. HAN Fangpu's group from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology of the Chinese ...
Sex cells in parasites are doing their own thing
Credit: Dr Lori Peacock Researchers at the University of Bristol have discovered how microbes responsible for human African sleeping sickness ...
New genetic copycatchers detect efficient and precise CRISPR editing in a living organism
Proof-of-principle research shows that genes can be accurately edited in cells throughout the bodyCredit: Zhiqian Li Researchers at the University ...
The formation of the Amazon Basin influenced the distribution of manatees
Whole mitochondrial DNA sequencing of the three extant species of the aquatic mammal shows that they first split from their ...
Single-cell map of early stage lung cancer and normal lung sheds light on tumor development, new therapeutic targets
Credit: MD Anderson Cancer Center HOUSTON - Researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have developed a ...
As global climate shifts, forests’ futures may be caught in the wind
Global wind currents have shaped the genetic diversity of our planet's forests and could either help or hinder tree populations ...
Study indicates São Tomé island has two species of caecilians found nowhere else on Earth
Research adds evidence to century-long scientific debate and reveals how volcanic activity may have driven divergence of the limbless amphibiansCredit: ...
Successful completion of 10,000 Ulsan Genomes Project
Credit: UNIST On April 26, UNIST and Ulsan City officially announced that their ambitious 10,000 Genome Project has finally reached ...