Tag: Genetics

Grant to UC Riverside could help put tiny tomato plants on the International Space StationCredit: Martha Orozco-Cárdenas/UCR Tiny tomato plants ...

Parasitoid wasps may turn spiders into zombies by hacking their internal code

Credit: Marcelo O. Gonzaga Setting off a startling chain of events, a parasitoid wasp can force a spider to weave ...

Plant cells eat their own … membranes and oil droplets

Study IDs dual role for 'autophagy' -- a.k.a. 'self-eating' -- in building and breaking down plant oils; manipulating the process ...

Details of the history of inner Eurasia revealed by new study

Researchers combining genetics, archaeology, history and linguistics have gained new insights into the history of inner Eurasia, once a cultural ...

New 3D microscope visualises fast biological processes better than ever

Credit: Tobias Wüstenfeld "Many important biological processes occur in three dimensions and on millisecond timescales," says Lars Hufnagel on the ...

Study links gene to sleep problems in autism

Credit: Photo by Cori Kogan, Washington State University Health Sciences Spokane SPOKANE, Wash. - Up to 80 percent of children ...

Using genomics to solve a 20-year case study

April 27, 2019

Andrew Dauber, M.D., MMSc., and his research team receive an award for the best novel insight published in Hormone Research ...

Clinical utility of rapid whole genome sequencing in neonates with seizures

April 27, 2019

BALTIMORE - A new study aims to determine the underlying etiology of seizures and help to target therapy, improve control ...

Large genome-wide association study is first to focus on both child and adult asthma

Most significant genes at key loci are specific to childhood onset of asthma Asthma, a common respiratory disease that causes ...

Gene repair improves memory and seizures in adult autism model

Credit: Scott Wiseman for Scripps Research JUPITER, Fla. - April 29, 2019 - A new study challenges the presumption that ...

Gene-editing technology may produce resistant virus in cassava plant

An international team of biologists urge careful use of technology in research and flag potential biosafety risks. The use of ...

Lionfish genes studied for clues to invasive prowess

Credit: Photo by Michael Gäbler published under a Creative Commons license. What makes the red lionfish (Pterois volitans) such a ...

Screening for genes to improve protein production in yeast

By silencing genes, researchers have managed to increase the protein production in yeast significantly. This method can lay the grounds ...

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