Finding the key to flightlessness
Study explores the genetics behind the evolution of flightless birds Since Darwin's era, scientists have wondered how flightless birds like ...
Tag: Genetics
Study identifies how Enterococcus faecalis bacteria causes antibiotic resistant infection
Genomic study of 1980's outbreak at a Wisconsin hospital may provide targets for better treatment of hospital-acquired infections A new ...
A light-activated remote control for cells
What if doctors had a remote control that they could use to steer a patient's own cells to a wound ...
Genome analysis showed common origin of Pskov, Novgorod and Yakutia populations
Scientists for the first time compared complete genome data of different ethnic groups in Russia. Using a special algorithm, they ...
The Leukemia Atlas: researchers unveil proteins that signal disease
Computational researchers develop protein atlas to accelerate personalized medicineCredit: Courtesy of UTSA (San Antonio, April 17, 2019) -- Only about ...
New software tool could provide answers to some of life’s most intriguing questions
A University of Waterloo researcher has spearheaded the development of a software tool that can provide conclusive answers to some ...
Probing the mystery of drug resistance: New hope for leukemia’s toughest cases
Researcher inspired by the patients he was unable to save early in his careerCredit: MICHAEL GODERRE / BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL ...
PetSensus and Insilico Medicine partner on animal health data to extend pet longevity
Credit: Insilico Medicine Tuesday, April 16, 2019 - Animal biomedical data start-up PetSensus and Insilico Medicine, a company specializing in ...
Biologists seeking to determine why body gets rid of DNA
Identifying the molecular genetic mechanisms of hybridogenesis will help understand the logic behind evolution Russian biologists, together with their colleagues ...
A thorough characterization of structural variants in human genomes
Human genomes vary quite a bit from individual to individual. These differences include single nucleotide changes, or "spelling mistakes" in ...
Scientists crack the code to regenerate plant tissues
Can epigenetics help us grow food more efficiently and combat global hunger? Plant regeneration can occur via formation of a ...
New study explains how inflammation causes gastric cancer
Researchers from Kanazawa University and the Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development show that genes turned on in response ...
New study first to identify cause of rare genetic metabolic disorder
A new study from BC Children's Hospital, the University of British Columbia (UBC) and an international team of researchers published ...
Physician-writer Siddhartha Mukherjee will be awarded the 2019 Lewis Thomas Prize
Siddhartha Mukherjee has delighted, informed, and touched a wide audience through his books and essays, for which he will be ...
Pollen genes mutate naturally in only some strains of corn
Rutgers-led study may lead to improved breeding of corn and other cropsCredit: Hugo Dooner/Waksman Institute of Microbiology Pollen genes mutate ...
Rice advances the art of protein blacksmithing
Researchers forge new computational tools to make more accurate predictions of protein structuresCredit: Rice University/Wikipedia HOUSTON - (April 15, 2019) ...
Gene-based factor VIIa prevents bleeding episodes in animals with hemophilia
CHOP researchers: Preclinical work offers first target levels for bypass agent prophylaxis in future human trialsCredit: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia ...
MU neurobiologists annotate critical neuronal proteins in lamprey genome
Credit: University of Missouri The lamprey, an eel-like primitive vertebrate, is a popular organism for neurobiology studies because it has ...
Princeton scientists discover an interaction that helps cancers spread to bone
Credit: Image courtesy of Mark Esposito and Yibin Kang A Princeton-led team of researchers have discovered a factor that promotes ...
Decoding cancer’s molecular signature
New algorithm identifies patients harboring tumor-causing defect found in multiple cancers and treatable with common drug Medications known as PARP ...
