Tag: Genetics

The University of Edinburgh's DNA sequencing facility has received an internationally-recognised accreditation to mark the quality of its genome analysis ...

Engineering ‘hairpins’ increases CRISPR accuracy

Added piece of RNA could improve the precision of CRISPR 50-foldCredit: Les Todd DURHAM, N.C. -- Biomedical engineers at Duke ...

Rumford Prize for Georg Nagel

Credit: Picture: American Academy of Arts and Sciences The field of optogenetics was named "Breakthrough of the Decade" by the ...

Russian scientists alter 3D genome using ‘small molecules’

Credit: Omar Kantidze Researchers have discovered that the spatial organization of the genome can be altered using small molecule compounds ...

Scanning for cancer treatment

Researchers combine CRISPR gene-editing technology with drug discovery to understand why treatment works (or doesn't)Credit: The Armed Forces Institute of ...

Cancers ‘change spots’ to avoid immunotherapy

Bowel cancers can avoid being recognised by immunotherapy by switching off key molecule on surface of cells Growing mini tumours ...

Starvation study shows bacteria’s survival skills

Credit: Jessica Mark Welch and Gary Borisy, PNAS.1522149113 A larger genetic inventory may help explain how certain dangerous bacteria can ...

Genetic variant linked to cucumber fruit length

The discovery of a fruit length modulator has implications for cucumber breedingCredit: Yiqun Weng The cucumber is among the top ...

Researchers develop effective method to diagnose pancreatic cancer

Thus, the prospects for early pancreatic cancer detection are of enormous importance. Innovation Fund Denmark has just granted 13.1 million ...

Researchers of the University of Malaga relate DNA methylation levels to obesity

They assure that the methylation of genes related to lipid metabolism and inflammation is altered in obese patientsCredit: University of ...

Bacteria surrounding coral reefs change in synchrony, even across great distance

Credit: Jennifer Smith In coral reef ecosystems, amid stony corals, fronds of algae and schools of fish, microorganisms are essential ...

SRC-1 gene variants linked to human obesity

Credit: Baylor College of Medicine and University of Cambridge Maintaining a healthy body weight is no simple matter. A better ...

CRISPR-Cas3 innovation holds promise for disease cures, advancing science

ITHACA, N.Y. - A Cornell researcher, who is a leader in developing a new type of gene editing CRISPR system, ...

Scientists capture a ‘snapshot’ of bacterial stress-response regulator’s ‘recycling truck’

The stress-response master regulator is important for antibiotic resistance, ability for bacteria to cause diseaseCredit: Image courtesy Alexandra Deaconescu. PROVIDENCE, ...

New research will illuminate history of Aleutian Island peoples by analyzing their genomes

LAWRENCE -- Cold, foggy and remote, the climate of Alaska's Aleutian Islands makes them a daunting place for people to ...

Rare gut condition a model for study of genetic diseases

Hirschsprung disease - a rare condition where the failure of gut nerves to develop before birth leads to impaired bowel ...

Shutting down deadly pediatric brain cancer at its earliest moments

Study uses cell-by-cell analyses to look for new therapies that might workCredit: Cincinnati Children's CINCINNATI -- Cell-by-cell genetic analyses of ...

Multiple Denisovan-related ancestries in Papuans

DNA sequences from Indonesia and New Guinea reveal new branches of the Denisovan family treeCredit: © Isabella Apriyana The findings ...

CNIO researchers succeed at removing some types of pancreatic cancer in animal models

Researchers from the Experimental Oncology Group, led by Mariano Barbacid at the Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO), have published ...

CNIO researchers assess melanoma progression with a new liquid biopsy technique