CNIO scientists discovers a combination therapy for aggressive brain tumors
Credit: CNIO Glioblastomas are the most common and most aggressive brain tumours. Their survival rate has barely increased over the ...
Tag: Genetics
Mutant KRAS and p53 cooperate to drive pancreatic cancer metastasis
Preclinical research identifies CREB1 as new therapeutic target downstream of frequently mutated genesCredit: MD Anderson Cancer Center HOUSTON - Researchers ...
Using genetics, researchers identify potential drugs for early treatment of COVID-19
Credit: Frank Curran A new study using human genetics suggests researchers should prioritize clinical trials of drugs that target two ...
An on-off switch for gene editing
New, reversible CRISPR method can control gene expression while leaving underlying DNA sequence unchangedCredit: Jennifer Cook-Chrysos/Whitehead Institute Over the past ...
To nodulate or not? Uncovering how nitrate regulates gene expression in legumes
Researchers from the University of Tsukuba find that nitrate-induced control of root nodule formation results from varying DNA-binding properties of ...
A discovery that “literally changes the textbook”
MSU's expertise in fish biology, genetics helping researchers rewrite evolutionary history and shape future health studiesCredit: Reprinted with permission from ...
New discovery uncovers secret switch that could revolutionise heart attack treatment
Scientists at the Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute have discovered a critical new gene that it is hoped could help ...
Bioengineer wins NIH grant to attack cystic fibrosis
Xue Sherry Gao developing base editors to fix multitude of single mutations that cause diseaseCredit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University HOUSTON - ...
Purdue scientists use malaria expertise to track COVID-19 variants
Credit: Purdue University photo/Rebecca McElhoe WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- Scientists have been using genetics to track diseases for decades. Now, ...
How to tame a restless genome
Credit: Ipsaro/Joshua-Tor lab, CSHL/2021 Short pieces of DNA--jumping genes--can bounce from one place to another in our genomes. When too ...
Autism gene study finds widespread impact to brain’s growth signaling network
Mutations to Dyrk1a gene lead to brain undergrowth; an existing drug rescues the condition in newborn miceCredit: Damon Page Lab, ...
Complete chromosome 8 sequence reveals novel genes and disease risks
This full assembly may contain clues to ape and human divergence; certain immune, brain and heart disorders; and other biomedical ...
Living fossils: Microbe discovered in evolutionary stasis for millions of years
Credit: Photo by Duane Moser, Desert Research Institute. It's like something out of science fiction. Research led by Bigelow Laboratory ...
3D imaging creates molecular maps of hidden microbial communities on coral reefs
Credit: Dr. Ben Mueller Researchers from the University of Hawai'i (UH) at Mānoa, University of British Columbia (UBC), San Diego ...
Oregon researchers identify pathway that transitions brain from plasticity to stability
Work in the developing nervous system of fruit fly larvae involves the same cells and genes that are found in ...
USC Stem Cell study explores ‘synthetic’ embryonic development with $2.5 million NIH grant
Credit: Chris Shinn Whether in an earthworm or a human being, developmental processes are driven by complex networks of genetically-encoded ...
Scientists at IRB Barcelona identify a potential target to treat lung cancer
Credit: IRB Barcelona In cancer, personalised medicine takes advantage of the unique genetic changes in an individual tumour to find ...
Race and poverty appear to guide heart muscle DNA methylation in heart-failure patients
Differences in DNA methylation correlated with differences in heart-failure outcomes, as measured by two-year mortality.Credit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Race ...
Ant responses to social isolation resemble those of humans
Social isolation results in changes of behavior and activity of immune and stress genesCredit: photo/©: Susanne Foitzik, JGU Ants react ...
Urolithin A shows effective against muscular dystrophy
Credit: © Amazentis / EPFL Auwerx Lab Progression of Duchenne Muscle Dystrophy (DMD) can be delayed in mice by supplementing ...