Tag: Genetics

Researchers create novel CRISPR-based fly species as a new method of controlling gene drive spread CRISPR-based technologies offer enormous potential ...

Popcorn. What would movies and sporting events without this salty, buttery snack? America's love for this snack goes beyond these ...

NIH-funded pre-clinical study supports key role of neural activity in brain cancers In a study of mice, researchers showed how ...

While the term "supergene" may bring to mind the genetic hocus-pocus of Peter Parker's transformation into Spiderman, supergenes are actually ...

Cells have to constantly adapt to their surroundings in order to survive. A sudden increase in the environmental levels of ...

The mass of human chromosomes, which contain the instructions for life in nearly every cell of our bodies, has been ...

In some environments there is no way for a seed to know for sure when the best time to germinate ...

The new REsolution consortium is a public-private research partnership, supported by the Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI), with nine partners from ...

ALS is a very severe neurodegenerative disease in which nerve cells in the spinal cord controlling muscles and movement slowly ...

A new extensive genetic resource of rat-infecting malaria parasites may help advance the development of malaria prevention and treatment strategies. ...

NIH- and USU- led study links ALS to a fat manufacturing gene and maps out a genetic therapy In a ...

Paper in Nature Genetics: Genome-wide meta-analysis shows that research into different ancestries leads to better results and better care LOS ...

Genetics of coral-algal partnerships may have conservation implications UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- The microscopic algae that live inside and provide ...

Getting the conclusive lead with investigative genetic genealogy - A successful case study of a 16 year old double murder ...

Credit: Lauren D. Quinn, University of Illinois URBANA, Ill. - As the owner of a human body, you're carrying trillions ...

Credit: Frank Curran In the largest genetic analysis of depression to date, Veterans Affairs researchers identified many new gene variants ...

U of I-led study finds ongoing evolution in Tasmanian Devils' response to transmissible cancerCredit: Photo courtesy of Menna Jones. MOSCOW, ...

Credit: Modified from Nakamura et al., Frontiers in Physiology (2021) 12: 679152 Skeletal muscle is the largest organ in the ...

Credit: POSTECH Alzheimer's disease - also called dementia - where memory and cognitive functions gradually decline due to deformation and ...

Credit: Courtesy Zang lab at UVA University of Virginia School of Medicine scientists have developed important new resources that will ...