Tag: Genetics

Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. --Genome editing of human embryos represents one of the most contentious potential ...

Cancer-linked enzyme mechanism newly characterized in study

New research on previously undescribed biochemical process could contribute to broader quest toward more-targeted cancer therapiesCredit: Image courtesy Matthew Bochman ...

The consequences of mating at the molecular level

Researchers from the University of Tsukuba identify a novel mechanism by which mating affects the behavior of germline stem cellsCredit: ...

Salk’s Dannielle Engle awarded over $1 million to study tobacco use on pancreatic cancer

Credit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA--(October 21, 2020) Salk Institute Assistant Professor Dannielle Engle has been awarded a New Investigator Award ...

A CNIO team describes how a virus can cause diabetes

October 20, 2020

Credit: CNIO It has recently been described that infection by some enteroviruses - a genus of viruses that commonly cause ...

The road to uncovering a novel mechanism for disposing of misfolded proteins

October 20, 2020

Credit: Sifers lab/PNAS, 2020 About 30 years ago, Dr. Richard Sifers set out on a journey to discover why people ...

Rethinking the link between cannabinoids and learning

October 20, 2020

Credit: Illustration by Rita Félix, PhD. Cannabinoids have a strong influence on how our brains work and how we behave. ...

MDI Biological Laboratory awarded $3.14 million for kidney research

Iain Drummond, Ph.D., Will Study the Development of Kidney Replacement TissueCredit: MDI Biological Laboratory BAR HARBOR, MAINE -- The MDI ...

More than ‘just a fish’ story

MU study will help fisheries management of a popular game fish -- the smallmouth bass.Credit: University of Missouri For recreational ...

Study discovers gene that helps us know when it’s time to urinate

Results suggest 'sixth sense' PIEZO2 gene may help body sense a full urinary bladderCredit: Courtesy of Patapoutian lab, Scripps Researcher ...

CNIO team finds how melanoma ‘deceives’ the immune system, increasing resistance to immunotherapy

Credit: A. Garrido, CNIO The sophisticated human immune system has evolved to become an effective protection system against a great ...

‘Multi-omics’ adds new cell to immune family tree

Credit: WEHI, Australia WEHI researchers have used powerful 'single cell multi-omics' technologies to discover a previously unknown ancestor of T ...

AI methods of analyzing social networks find new cell types in tissue

Credit: Gabriele Partel In situ sequencing enables gene activity inside body tissues to be depicted in microscope images. To facilitate ...

Advancing wildlife genomics through the development of molecular methods

Credit: David Clode A team of scientists from the Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research (Leibniz-IZW), the Australian Museum ...

Two Nobel Prize wins for Max Planck Society

Emmanuelle Charpentier honoured with the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Reinhard Genzel wins Nobel Prize in PhysicsCredit: MPG This year, ...

Three new trans-Atlantic research teams to study hard-to-treat childhood cancers

Research funded by Stand Up To Cancer and Cancer Research UK aims to increase innovative and effective approaches to treating ...

Lineage tracing of direct astrocyte-to-neuron conversion for brain repair

October 16, 2020

Credit: Jinan University Regeneration of functional new neurons to repair injured human brain is a long-term unsolved problem up till ...

Plant genetic engineering to fight ‘hidden hunger’