Tag: Genetics

Credit: Michigan State University EAST LANSING, Mich. -- A Michigan State University researcher has received a $2.8 million federal grant ...

Lupus Research Alliance announces research grants to speed new lupus treatment

Can "borrowed" drugs for treating other diseases protect the skin in patients with lupus? Can researchers coax the body to ...

The algae's third eye

Credit: (Image: Eva Laura von der Heyde) Just like land plants, algae use sunlight as an energy source. Many green ...

VAT fat may cause pathogenic obesity

An evolutionarily advantageous process goes awry Type-2 (adult-onset) diabetes and other diseases related to the obesity epidemic depend on how ...

Ultra-sturdy bones, with a surprising origin, suggest new osteoporosis approach

After blocking estrogen signals in brain, experts say they've 'never seen bone this strong'Credit: Candice Herber / UCSF Core Center ...

UCLA researchers correct genetic mutation that causes IPEX, a life-threatening autoimmune syndrome

Credit: UCLA Broad Stem Cell Research Center UCLA researchers led by Dr. Donald Kohn have created a method for modifying ...

Giving Cas9 an 'on' switch for better control of CRISPR gene editing

New CRISPR-Cas9 variants respond to viral and cellular proteasesCredit: UC Berkeley CRISPR-Cas9 is a revolutionary tool in part because of ...

Speeding up genetic diagnosis of Huntington's disease

Researchers funded by the SNSF have developed a method to measure the gene for Huntington's disease quickly and easily People ...

New biomarker links cancer progression to genome instability

High level of specific protein in tumors indicates prognosis as well as optimal treatments, Tel Aviv University researchers say Our ...

Turbocharger for the cell machinery

Credit: DCB, University of Bern. The classic molecular-biological narrative has a simple form: Gene-RNA-protein. This is what we learned in ...

Novel biomarker appears predictive of outcome in patients with HPV-related head and neck cancers

Gene signature may allow clinicians to better stratify patients and reduce treatment intensity to lower side effectsCredit: MD Anderson Cancer ...

IDIBELL researchers identify a new leukodystrophy in children and its potential cure

The gene that causes the disease is called DEGS1 and its defect may be counteracted with fingolimod, a drug currently ...

CNIO researchers confirm links between aggressive prostate cancer and hereditary breast cancer

Credit: CNIO Aggressive prostate cancer, one of the leading causes of cancer deaths in men, is associated with BRCA2 mutations, ...

NYSCF inks strategic partnership with Ngene Therapeutics

Research teams will use stem cell and gene editing technologies to advance cell-based therapies for devastating diseasesCredit: Samwan Rob, NYSCF ...

Scientists hit on the protein and lipid composition of the Siberian mammoth bone

Credit: @tsarcyanide/MIPT Press Office Scientists from Skoltech and Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT) studied the protein and lipid ...

NorthShore University HealthSystem and Color unlock the power of genomics in routine care

Credit: NorthShore (Evanston, IL) - January 9, 2019 - NorthShore University HealthSystem (NorthShore) and Color today announced a groundbreaking partnership ...

A tomato for everyone: 'Sunviva' for the good of all

Credit: Culnaris - Saatgut für Lebensmittel Plant breeders at the University of Göttingen and Agrecol have launched a joint initiative ...

BRCA Exchange aggregates data on thousands of BRCA variants to understand cancer risk

A global resource that includes data on thousands of inherited variants in the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes is available to ...

Fighting another virus? Blame your parents

Genetics may play a bigger role in the body's disease-fighting ability than scientists previously thought, according to the results from ...

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