Tag: Genetics

Clemson University's Kara Powder will study the genetics behind facial development that could aid in the fight against birth defects.Credit: ...

Scientists at IRB Barcelona describe the "mutation fog"Credit: Dave Hoefler on Unsplash. Hypermutation is an unusual occurence that can lead ...

Credit: CNIO A team led by Massimo Squatrito, Head of the Seve Ballesteros Foundation Brain Tumour Group at the Spanish ...

Researchers have correlated information on drugs, genes and diseases to identify potential candidates for psychiatric and neurological treatment; the methodology ...

Credit: McKinney, et al. LAWRENCE -- A new paper in the journal NeuroImage: Clinical from researchers at the University of ...

More convenient, accurate and lower cost tests the path to saving more livesCredit: Rush Production Group Fewer people would die ...

Credit: UVA Health African-Americans have up to three times the risk of dying from strokes as people of European descent, ...

Scientists say Baltimore and Bullock's Orioles are not mergingCredit: Bryan Calk, Macaulay Library, Cornell Lab of Ornithology Ithaca, NY--A half-century ...

How does the G406R single point mutation of the Cav1.2 channel affect cellular processes that could lead to a multifactorial ...

Credit: Frontiers in Microbiology The virus causing the COVID-19 pandemic, SARS-CoV-2, presents at least six strains. Despite its mutations, the ...

Credit: @ UNIGE "Staphylococcus aureus" - also known as "golden staph" - has the ability to develop in highly variable ...

FAU neuroscientist and collaborators link inflammation, olfaction and pathology seen in Parkinson's diseaseCredit: Florida Atlantic University The loss of a ...

In a new study, German scientists confirm that responses below species level can be inferred with DNA metabarcodinCredit: Vera Zizka ...

House sparrows on islands in northern Norway help researchers understand fundamental biological issues.Credit: Photo: Henrik Jensen, NTNU Biologists have long ...

The somatic nuclear protein kinase VRK-1 increases the worm's lifespan through AMPK activation, and this mechanism can be applied to ...

Deep-sea anglerfishes have evolved a new type of immune systemCredit: Edith A. Widder Deep-sea anglerfishes employ an incredible reproductive strategy. ...

Cryo-EM captures CRISPR-Cas9 base editor in actionCredit: UC Berkeley image by Gavin Knott and Audrone Lapinaite Within a mere eight ...

Scientists combine new scientific techniques to test old theories on how evolution occurs on remote islandsCredit: OIST For millions of ...

Innovations in agriculture and food supply in response to the COVID-19 pandemicCredit: QAAFI Robots working in abattoirs, sky-high vertical farms, ...

Credit: Karen Crawford WOODS HOLE, Mass. --A team at the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) has achieved the first gene knockout ...