Experimental evolution reveals how bacteria gain drug resistance
Credit: RIKEN A research team at the RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research (BDR) in Japan has succeeded in experimentally ...
Tag: Genetics
Making sense of a universe of corn genetics
Credit: Jianming Yu AMES, Iowa - Seed banks across the globe store and preserve the genetic diversity of millions of ...
Study: Early, late stages of degenerative diseases are distinct
Two-phase theory applies to diseases like Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, muscle atrophyCredit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University HOUSTON - (Nov. 23, 2020) - Rice ...
New targeted therapy blocks metabolism in brain cancer cells with genetic vulnerability
Preclinical study shows early activity of enolase inhibitors in cancer cells with genetic loss of ENO1Credit: MD Anderson Cancer Center ...
Did early life need long, complex molecules to make cell-like compartments?
Researchers make functional membraneless "protocells" out of short polymersCredit: Fatma Pir Cakmak, Penn State Protocell compartments used as models for ...
Breakthrough in studying the enzyme that ultimately produces fish odour syndrome
Credit: Credit: University of Warwick The condition trimethylaminuria, is more commonly known as fish odour syndrome, it currently has no ...
Researchers tackle sickle cell disease with CRISPR-based gene editing
$1 million grant will advance personalized medicine using gene editing at ChristianaCare's Gene Editing InstituteCredit: ChristianaCare Gene Editing Institute Scientists ...
Alternative gene control mechanism based on organization of DNA within nucleus
Genes that give plant nucleus its shape discovered, also regulate copper toleranceCredit: Image by Yuki Sakamoto, CC BY, first published ...
Near-infrared probe decodes telomere dynamics
A repetitive DNA sequence that causes health risks when it malfunctions can now be watched inside living cells using a ...
How the flu virus spreads within cities
Credit: CDC, 2020 New insights into the local transmission of seasonal influenza may be valuable for planning interventions to combat ...
Plastic film used to protect foods and surfaces inactivates novel coronavirus
In laboratory tests, the material eliminated 79.9% of SARS-CoV-2 particles in three minutes and 99.99% in up to 15 minutes ...
Bacteria convince their squid host to create a less hostile work environment
Credit: Moriano-Gutierrez, et al. 2020 Bacteria living symbiotically within the Hawaiian bobtail squid can direct the host squid to change ...
Solving a mystery: How the TB bacterium develops rapid resistance to antibiotics
Credit: SDSU For a slow-growing microbe that multiplies infrequently, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the pathogen that causes tuberculosis (TB) has long puzzled ...
Picture this: Chromosomes look different than you think
High-resolution, 3D images of human chromosomes in single cells reveal how DNA structure might influence its functionCredit: Xiaowei Zhuang lab ...
Researchers recognize a viral protein’s M.O. by just 3% of its size
Or name that tune in three notesCredit: Maria Sokolova et al, Pavel Odinev / Skoltech Skoltech researchers and their colleagues ...
Antibiotic resistance genes in three Puerto Rican watersheds after Hurricane Maria
Credit: Maria Virginia Riquelme In the aftermath of Hurricane Maria, a category 5 hurricane that made landfall in September 2017, ...
Tackling food allergies at the source
Credit: Eliot Herman Food allergies are a big problem. About 7% of children and 2% of adults in the U.S. ...
Scientists map and forecast apex predator populations at unprecedented scale
Credit: Staffan Widstrand Photography Where the wild things are: Scientists map and forecast apex predator populations at unprecedented scale. Researchers ...
Bezos Earth Fund donates $30 million to Salk Institute for innovative climate change research
Salk's Harnessing Plants Initiative is enhancing plants to capture and store more carbon to offset climate changeCredit: Salk Institute LA ...
Scientists discover new mechanism controlling brain size
Credit: Assist. Prof. Canan Doganli, University of Copenhagen Under the leadership of Professor Lars Allan Larsen and Professor Søren Tvorup ...
