Pneumonia mapped in largest genomic survey of any disease-causing bacterium
Study will help predict strains important for new vaccines Researchers have mapped the most common bacterial cause of pneumonia around ...
Tag: Genetics
Study finds macrophages’ pathway to nurture PTEN-deficient glioblastoma
MD Anderson discovery provides new druggable targets to test against lethal brain tumor HOUSTON -- A common genetic deficiency empowers ...
AMP bolsters position on consumer genomic testing
Updated position statement reflects emerging technology landscape, highlights privacy best practices, and expands conditions for clinically-meaningful tests ROCKVILLE, Md. - ...
Lettuce have it! Machine learning for cr-optimization
Credit: G's Growers At Earlham Institute (EI), artificial intelligence based techniques such as machine learning is moving from being merely ...
New microneedle technique speeds plant disease detection
Credit: NC State University Researchers have developed a new technique that uses microneedle patches to collect DNA from plant tissues ...
Gustavo Nino, M.D., honored with national award from American Thoracic Society
Credit: Children's National Gustavo Nino, M.D., a pulmonologist who directs the Sleep Medicine program at Children's National, was honored by ...
When it comes to food, one size doesn’t fit all: world’s largest scientific nutrition research project reveals even identical twins have different responses to food
Novel findings presented at the American Society of Nutrition and the American Diabetes Association conferences BOSTON and LONDON - June ...
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 ...
Researchers spot mutations that crop up in normal cells as we age
Analyzing RNA sequencing data pinpoints 'somatic clones,' including some harboring cancer mutations, in many types of normal tissue Cell division ...
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 ...
Cancer research using mini-organs from tumors and healthy tissue
Credit: © Hubrecht Institute, Video made by Esther Pardijs, Animations made by DEMCON | nymus3D Hans Clevers (Hubrecht Institute) and ...
Study shakes up sloth family tree
Unique method finds two-toed sloths are last members of 'extinct' ancient familyCredit: Illustration by Jorge Blanco Sloths once roamed the ...
Study shows how the nervous system can transmit information across multiple generations
Mechanism identified in nematodes allows neurons to communicate with germ cells, Tel Aviv University researchers say Nematodes, worms found in ...
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 ...
Surprising enzymes found in giant ocean viruses
Findings could represent new drug targets for human pathogens A new study led by researchers at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution ...
To see how invading predators change an ecosystem, watch the prey, say researchers
Princeton's Rob Pringle leads a team to study predator-prey relations in the BahamasCredit: Jonathan Losos, Washington University (bottom right) and ...
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 ...
Painless skin patch collects fluid for diagnostic testing
Credit: Adapted from ACS Sensors 2019, DOI: 10.1021/acssensors.9b00258 Although blood contains a wealth of potential biomarkers of disease, it can ...
Details of first historically recorded plague pandemic revealed by ancient genomes
Analysis of 8 new plague genomes from the first plague pandemic reveals previously unknown levels of plague diversity, and provides ...
Telomere length unaffected by smoking
A new study has surprised the medical world, finding that smoking does not shorten the length of telomeres - a ...
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