Tag: Genetics

October 7, 2019

Credit: G. Knott & M. Blokesch, EPFL In 2015, EPFL researchers led by Melanie Blokesch published a seminal paper in ...

Genome-edited bull passes on hornless trait to calves

October 7, 2019

Study sheds light on future of genome editing in livestockCredit: Alison Van Eenennaam For the past two years, researchers at ...

Salk scientists find way to quantify how well cutting-edge microscopy technique works

New approach helps researchers determine the resolution of cryo-EM, leading to better methods of imaging proteinsCredit: Salk Institute In 2017, ...

New bioinformatics hub at UChicago enables next-gen infectious disease research

NIH-funded resource merges pathogen databases and adds AI capabilitiesCredit: PATRIC/University of Chicago The most valuable weapon against the next deadly ...

NIH funding bolsters rare diseases research collaborations

New grants aimed at better understanding diseases, moving potential treatments closer to the clinicCredit: Xiangyang Zhang, Ph.D., The George Washington ...

Researchers unlock potential to use CRISPR to alter the microbiome

Credit: Schulich Medicine & Dentistry, Western University Researchers at Western University have developed a new way to deliver the DNA-editing ...

Study presents first genome sequence of Florida panther

The first genome sequence of the Florida panther is presented along with evidence of increased genetic variation in the populationCredit: ...

How the Texas puma saved the Florida panther

Uncovering the genetic details of a conservation success storyCredit: Photo courtesy of Carlton Ward Jr. @carltonward COLUMBUS, Ohio - Scientists ...

Breakthrough in sex-chromosome regulation

Credit: Ulf Sirborn Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have uncovered a chromosome-wide mechanism that keeps the gene expression of ...

MIT sets out to model Alzheimer’s disease complexity on a chip

Credit: The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory The complexity of Alzheimer's disease, which affects many types of cells in ...

Confronting colony collapse

Scientists sequence the genomes of the parasitic mites harming the world's beesCredit: OIST Honey bee colony collapse has devastating consequences ...

Mutant cells team up to make an even deadlier blood cancer

Credit: Krainer lab/CSHL, 2019 Sometimes the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. Researchers at Cold Spring Harbor ...

Father’s obesity in puberty doubles the risk of asthma in his future offspring

A Norwegian study shows that boys who are obese in pre-puberty have an over two times higher risk of having ...

NIH researchers create new viral vector for improved gene therapy in sickle cell disease

'Forward-oriented' design might boost treatment effectiveness and broaden useCredit: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Researchers at the National Institutes ...

Ancient genomes provide insight into the genetic history of the second plague pandemic

Analysis of 34 ancient plague genomes from the Black Death and succeeding plague epidemics in Europe between the 14th and ...

R01 grant funds research examining small RNAs in metastatic breast cancer

Credit: University of Cincinnati Xiaoting Zhang, PhD, associate professor of cancer biology at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, ...

Stopping the spread of cancer

University of Utah biomedical engineer receives $1.5 million grant to develop innovative methods to halt spread of cancerCredit: Dan Hixson/University ...

Gene responsible for lutein esterification in bread wheat identified

This work provides insight into the timing and control of esterification, related to storage and nutritional qualities of bread wheat ...

Earthquake in the cell

Scientists discover how a modification of the nuclear lamina maintains nuclear shapeCredit: © MPI of Immunobiology and Epigenetics, Adam Karoutas ...

For the first time, UMD professor observes crystallized iron product, hemozoin, made in mammals