Tag: Genetics

CRISPR Tool borrowed from bacteria successfully seeks out, cuts and destroys long stretches of human cells' DNA, opening doors to ...

TGen review links gene with the most common liver cancer

AKR1B10 could help provide early detection of HCC, and play a role in monitoring and treating this growing cause of ...

Woolly mammoths and Neanderthals may have shared genetic traits

Findings point to molecular resemblance in climate adaptation traits of the two species, Tel Aviv University researchers say A new ...

uliCUT&RUN maps protein binding on chromatin in single cells and single embryos

Groundbreaking research by Sarah Hainer, an assistant professor of gene expression and cell fate in the University of Pittsburgh Department ...

Resistosome illuminates plant disease resistance mechanisms

Credit: WANG et al. Like animals, plants possess an immune system to fight off invading parasites. Unlike vertebrates that possess ...

Gene editing for recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa

A little bit closer to clinical applicationsCredit: UC3M With this approach, published in the prestigious journal, Molecular Therapy, an unusually ...

Common virus linked to faster disease progression in cystic fibrosis

A new study has found that cystic fibrosis patients who have a common virus may experience faster disease progression than ...

Patients resistant to breast cancer therapy show epigenetic differences

April 7, 2019

Findings could one day help predict response to targeted breast cancer drugsCredit: Daniela Furrer, Laval University Orlando, Fla. (April 6, ...

Unjamming the genome after DNA damage

A gene regulatory multi-tool has yet another functionCredit: Reese Laboratory, Penn State A protein complex that is involved in nearly ...

Rusted root: Weedy rice repeatedly evolves ‘cheater’ root traits

Weedy rice is neither wild rice nor crop rice, but rice gone rogue that has shed some traits important to ...

U of G study reveals why heart failure patients suffer depression, impaired thinking

Credit: University of Guelph Heart failure patients often have trouble with thinking and depression. A new study by University of ...

Evolutionary changes played a crucial role in industrialization, study finds

PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A recent study of centuries-old French-Canadian genealogical data by a Brown University economist revealed evidence that supports ...

Mutation stands in the way of healthy blood cell maturation

In the veins, stem cells constantly mature and develop into different blood cells that are necessary for the body to ...

Research identifies genetic causes of poor sleep