Tag: Genetics

New study from Gene Editing Institute at Delaware's Christiana Care Health System embodies cautious, patient-focused approach to cutting-edge toolCredit: Christiana ...

Plants don't like touch: Green thumb myth dispelled

Credit: La Trobe University La Trobe University-led research has found that plants are extremely sensitive to touch and that repeated ...

Salk's Xin Jin receives McKnight Memory and Cognitive Disorders Award

Salk scientist receives $300,000 for study of how brain learns and memorizes actions, processes which can go awry in diseases ...

New strains of hepatitis C found in Africa

Study could inform hepatitis C treatment and vaccine development worldwide The largest population study of hepatitis C in Africa has ...

Neuroscience-protein that divides the brain

Credit: Kanazawa University Boundaries between different regions of the brain are essential for the brain to function. Research to-date has ...

New RNA sequencing strategy provides insight into microbiomes

Tools allow scientists to understand the activity of naturally occurring microbiomes in response to real-world conditions and dietCredit: National Institutes ...

The gene helping submerged plants

Credit: Stockholm University Climate change threatens plants as the risks of flooding increase. A new study from Stockholm University shows ...

Janelle Ayres awarded $1.8 million by NOMIS Foundation for research on mechanisms to promote health

Credit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA--(December 12, 2018) Associate Professor Janelle Ayres has been awarded $1.8 million over two years by ...

An integrated approach to finding new treatments for breast cancer

Credit: Baylor College of Medicine Unraveling the complexity of cancer biology can lead to the identification new molecules involved in ...

Novel mechanisms of dengue and Zika virus infections and link to microcephaly

Credit: Baylor College of Medicine New insights into how dengue and Zika viruses cause disease reveal shared and virus-specific mechanisms. ...

Biologists turn eavesdropping viruses into bacterial assassins

How cross-kingdom communication led to a breakthrough phage therapyCredit: Denise Applewhite, Office of Communications, Princeton University Princeton molecular biologist Bonnie ...

Drug targets for Ebola, Dengue, and Zika viruses found in lab study

Insight into how three of the world's most devastating viruses interact with human cells opens the door for much-needed treatments ...

Open science and data initiative announced for neurofibromatosis

Major research funders join together to advance research into genetic disorderCredit: Children's Tumor Foundation New York/Baltimore/Seattle - The Children's Tumor ...

Interplay between MicroRNAs and targeted genes in cellular homeostasis of adult zebrafish