Tag: Genetics

New research on the X chromosome from the School of Veterinary Medicine points to an abnormality in the immune system's ...

Compound that kills drug-resistant fungi is isolated from ant microbiota

A project conducted by researchers in Brazil and the US investigated bacteria living in symbiosis with insects as a source ...

UMD Institute for Genome Sciences awarded $17.5 million for infectious disease research

The IGS Genome Center for Infectious Diseases is funded for 5 additional years BALTIMORE, MD., April 4 -- The Institute ...

Cell lesson: better coordinated than isolated

In a new study published in Nature Communications, scientists led by Juana Díez show that the three main stages of ...

The holm oak transcriptome is rebuilt, a key step towards understanding its biology

Holm oaks are some of the most emblematic trees in Mediterranean forests and the most abundant ones on the Iberian ...

Vitamin B12 is identified as the inhibitor of a key enzyme in hereditary Parkinson’s disease

It could be used as a basis to develop new therapies to combat hereditary Parkinson's Parkinson's is the most common, ...

Blocking epigenetic Swiss army knife may be a new strategy for treating colorectal cancer

Credit: Courtesy of Van Andel Research Institute GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (April 4, 2019) -- A new study out today in ...

New guidelines push for better controlled experiments with synthetic nucleic acids

Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, April 4, 2019--Researchers have proposed new guidelines to overcome current problems ...

A new DFG Research Unit for rare genetic diseases

How can we improve the identification and prompt diagnosis of genetic diseases? A new Research Unit at Charité - Universitätsmedizin ...

Opitz C Syndrome: New advances to improve the genetic diagnose of an ultra-rare disease

When the early diagnose is mistakenCredit: UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA Opitz C syndrome (OCS), an ultra-rare disease that causes serious physical ...

Researchers receive multi-year grants to identify corneal ulcer genetic biomarkers

Credit: Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine More than 125 million people worldwide wear contact lenses, and while many ...

Montana State postdoctoral researcher wins LSRF fellowship for CRISPR research

Credit: MSU photo by Kelly Gorham BOZEMAN -- When Andrew Santiago-Frangos came down the hallway with a slightly stunned look ...

Fellowship to further international research links in Huntington’s disease

A researcher from the University of Plymouth has been awarded a fellowship from the Royal Society to help tackle the ...

First clinical trial of reformulated epileptic drug to treat medically refractory epilepsy