Tag: Genetics

March 11, 2021

Credit: 2021 Innovation Center of NanoMedicine March 10, 2021 - Kawasaki, Japan: The research group of Deputy Principal Research Scientist ...

Forget the fly swatter: Biologists map genes to fight stable flies

Stable flies cause $2B in agriculture losses each year -- and they're so annoyingCredit: Pia Untalan Olafson Researchers hope to ...

TGen seeks help from Arizona dog and cat owners for COVID-19 study

Project builds on 'One Health' testing and disease surveillance collaborations in ArizonaCredit: Photo: Courtesy of TGen. PHOENIX, Ariz. -- March ...

Demystifying the ‘Parkinson Protein’

Research team led by the physical chemist Professor Malte Drescher from Konstanz succeeds in directly observing the membrane binding of ...

A CNIO team discovers how telomere involvement in tumor generation is regulated

The results show for the first time that telomeres respond to external signals that induce cell proliferation and that blocking ...

The 3Rs of the genome: Reading, writing, and regulating

A new map of protein binding locations in yeast advances understanding of gene regulationCredit: Pugh Lab, Cornell and Mahony Lab, ...

Salk Professor Wolfgang Busch named first incumbent of the Hess Chair in Plant Science

Credit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA--(March 9, 2021) Salk Professor Wolfgang Busch has been recognized for his contributions and dedication to ...

How the South African COVID-19 variant was found

UC Riverside biomedical scientists were part of an international team that identified the coronavirus strainCredit: Stan Lim, UC Riverside. RIVERSIDE, ...

Princeton team discovers new organelle involved in cancer metastasis

Princeton cancer researchers discover link between liquid-liquid phase separations and cancer pathologyCredit: Image rendering by Mark Esposito and Gary Laevsky ...

Gene discovery may help peaches tolerate climate stress

Researchers have identified genes in peach's wild relatives and local domesticated varieties that could improve the resistance of domesticated peach ...

Amyloid plaque mutation map opens new avenues for early detection of Alzheimer’s disease

Credit: The Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia, IBEC A study published in the journal eLife made all the possible mutations ...

Pungent-variable of sweet chili pepper Shishito: genes and seeds

Study reveals process to explain how maternal stress triggers idiopathic preterm birth

A University of South Florida Health preclinical study indicates that FKBP51-progesterone receptor binding plays a critical role in stress-induced preterm ...

Wild relatives offer a solution to devastating chickpea disease Ascochyta blight

Credit: Lars Kamphuis A staple for many, chickpeas are a rich source of vitamins, minerals, and fiber and offer many ...

Research pinpoints unique drug target in antibiotic resistant bacteria

Credit: Shutterstock Researchers have identified a critical mechanism that allows deadly bacteria to gain resistance to antibiotics. The findings offer ...

A plant’s place in history can predict susceptibility to pathogens

Credit: Michael Bradshaw Found around the world, powdery mildew is a fungal disease especially harmful to plants within the sunflower ...

Research shows we’re surprisingly similar to Earth’s first animals

Today's humans share genes with ancient oceanic creatures missing headsCredit: Ryan Somma The earliest multicellular organisms may have lacked heads, ...

Critically endangered macadamia species becomes a plant supermodel

Credit: Bruce Topp, University of Queensland One of the world's rarest tree species has been transformed into a sophisticated model ...

New ‘split-drive’ system puts scientists in the (gene) driver seat

March 5, 2021

Researchers develop tunable system that harnesses the spread of cargo carried by gene drivesCredit: Gerard Terradas, UC San Diego Powerful ...

Huntington’s disease driven by slowed protein-building machinery in cells