Startup focused on genomics data joins national health care accelerator
Credit: Karyosoft/Rajesh Perianayagam WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - A Purdue Foundry-affiliated company with a growing reputation as a search engine for ...
Tag: Genetics
Exercise hormone may modulate genes associated with replication of novel coronavirus
Brazilian researchers observed that in uninfected adipocytes, the hormone irisin altered the expression of genes that regulate ACE-2, which encodes ...
The co-occurrence of cancer driver genes, key to precision medicine
Researchers from the Structural Bioinformatics and Network Biology Laboratory at IRB Barcelona develop a system to predict tumour response to ...
Wels catfish genome assembled
Credit: Anti Vasemägi/EMÜ An international research team led by scientists from Estonian University of Life Sciences has for the first ...
New national imaging center has potential to transform medicine
Credit: Joseph Kim and Tanner Tenpas, UW-Madison MADISON - A national research initiative announced today will place the University of ...
CRISPR-based malaria testing on-the-fly
A Plasmodium species-specific, ultrasensitive, nucleic acid detection assay to enable fast and inexpensive testing of symptomatic and asymptomatic carriers in ...
Farmer knowledge is key to finding more resilient crops in climate crisis
A warming climate threatens crop diversity; the 'Seeds for Needs' approach combines farmers' knowledge of resilient crops with 'elite' varieties ...
Genomic adaptations to a rice-based diet mitigate the risk of obesity and diabetes
Credit: Evolutionary Applications The traditional rice-based diet of some east-Asian population has brought to a number of genomic adaptations that ...
CNIO identifies genetic factors associated to hand-foot syndrome in chemotherapy with capecitabine
Credit: CNIO Capecitabine is a chemotherapy drug used for breast and colorectal Cancer cancer. It can extend survival rate by ...
Biologists create new genetic systems to neutralize gene drives
Two active genetics strategies help address concerns about gene-drive releases into the wildCredit: Ana Silva In the past decade, researchers ...
Evolutionary paths: Scientists have found new patterns in protein evolution
Credit: A. V. Stolyarova, et al/ Nature Communications A group of scientists from Russia studied the trends in the evolution ...
Predicting the future of liver-safe drugs
Credit: Institute of Research,TMDU Researchers from Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU) in collaboration with Takeda-CiRA program and other international ...
Genetic adaptation to climate change is swift in crop pests
Credit: N/A Fruit flies have the uncanny ability to wake up from a months-long hibernation right when their food of ...
Scientists to explore new frontiers in Parkinson’s disease research with $7.2M grant
Aligning science across Parkinson's initiative supports international project aiming to unravel the biology of a gene linked to Parkinson's diseaseCredit: ...
New study identifies wheat varieties that resist the destructive stripe rust disease
Credit: Lu Liu, Meinan Wang, Zhiwu Zhang, Deven R. See, and Xianming Chen Stripe rust is one of the most ...
Princeton researchers discover how worms pass down knowledge through the generations
Coleen Murphy found the key to multi-generational pathogen avoidance: a small RNA called P11Credit: Illustration by Rachel Kaletsky, Rebecca Moore ...
Discovery of microbes with mixed membranes sheds new light on early evolution of life
Credit: Marianne Baas Changing skins Cells are surrounded by a layer of membrane lipids that protect them from changes in ...
Research shows potential of gene editing in barley
Credit: Pixabay An international team of plant scientists have shown the potential to rapidly improve the quality of barley grain ...
Better communication helps translate molecular tools
Credit: © 2020 KAUST; Xavier Pita A sustained dialogue must be established between molecular ecologists, policymakers and other stakeholders for ...
New gene implicated in neuron diseases
A defective protein quality control system leads to motor neuron death, as seen in disorders such as ALSCredit: Courtesy Scripps ...
