Tag: Genetics

Credit: © Amazentis / EPFL Auwerx Lab Progression of Duchenne Muscle Dystrophy (DMD) can be delayed in mice by supplementing ...

Crohn’s disease may be caused by immune signaling failure

Study reveals how T cells in the small intestine respond to bile acids, offering localized treatment direction for a cause ...

Inheriting acquired traits requires trailblazer modifications to unfertilized eggs

Credit: RIKEN An epigenetic study at the RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences shows that in mouse egg cells, modifications ...

Genome sequencing reveals a new species of bumblebee

Credit: Jennifer Geib While studying genetic diversity in bumblebees in the Rocky Mountains, USA, researchers from Uppsala University discovered a ...

Neanderthal ancestry identifies oldest modern human genome

The fossil skull of a woman in Czechia has provided the oldest modern human genome yet reconstructed, representing a population ...

Manual workers face twice the risk of developing ALS

Scientists discover that the majority of ALS patients had a blue-collar jobCredit: Source: Mark Zammit Cordina, Times of Malta ALS ...

Reversing a genetic cause of poor stress responses in mice

Credit: Minghui Wang/Van Aelst Lab, CSHL/2021 Everyone faces stress occasionally, whether in school, at work, or during a global pandemic. ...

Wild barley from Jordan holds key to stem rust resistance

Credit: Eva Henningsen Stem rust is a devastating disease of cereal crops, including barley, one of the first domesticated crops ...

The incredible bacterial ‘homing missiles’ that scientists want to harness

A Berkeley Lab-led team is digging into the bizarre bacteria-produced nanomachines that could fast-track microbiome scienceCredit: Antara Mutalik Imagine there ...

Gained in translation: Subgenome fractionation determines hybrid vigor in maize

Researchers trace the root of increased hybrid vigor in maize to differential translational fractionation of its subgenomesCredit: The Crop Journal ...

New perspective to understand and treat a rare calcification disease

Researchers developed a new animal model to study a rare genetic disease that can lead to blindness at the age ...

Being top baboon costs males their longevity

Struggle for dominance leaves a mark on genes and speeds up agingCredit: Elizabeth Archie DURHAM, N.C. -- Some guys have ...

Competing for high status speeds up aging in male baboons

Study suggests that high social status contributes to accelerated aging in baboons, despite its other advantagesCredit: Beth Archie (CC BY ...

An international study reveals how the ‘guardian’ of the genome works

The study is published in 'Nature Structural & Molecular Biology'Credit: CNIO Scientists from the Genomic Integrity and Structural Biology Group ...

Discovery is key to creating heat-tolerant crops

Researchers identify gene that helps plants sense heatCredit: Meng Chen/UCR By 2050 global warming could reduce crop yields by one-third. ...

Researchers develop a technique to produce transplantable livers in the laboratory

An extracellular matrix obtained by controlled decellularization is used to reconstruct the liver with human-like characteristicsCredit: HUG-CELL/USP Researchers at the ...

New method expands the world of small RNAs

PANDORA sequencing method developed by UC Riverside-led team can detect once-undetectable small RNAsCredit: Qi Chen lab, UC Riverside. RIVERSIDE, Calif. ...

An artful study of cellular development in leaves

Credit: Virginia Lopez-Anido How do we become a complex, integrated multicellular organism from a single cell? While developmental biologists have ...

High expression of cell death genes associated with early death from lung cancer

Credit: Kim Ratliff, Augusta University Patients with a high number of genes most associated with pathways that lead to cell ...

DNA methylation from bacteria & mircobiome using nanopore technology discovered