Tag: Genetics

Scientist identifies new areas in human genomes linked to riskCredit: IU School of Medicine INDIANAPOLIS -- An Indiana University cancer ...

University of Utah Health launches fast DNA testing to speed care of critically-ill babies

Credit: Charlie Ehlert University of Utah Health today announced the launch of a project with a goal of quickly and ...

Reproductive genome from the laboratory

Max Planck researchers have for the first time developed a genome the size of a minimal cell that can copy ...

USask study reveals origin of endangered Colombian poison frog hybrids

Credit: Jose Andres The origin of an understudied hybrid population of poisonous frogs--highly endangered colorful animals that live deep in ...

Rice University bioscientist Rosa Uribe wins NSF CAREER Award

Five-year grant will support study of neural crest cell developmentCredit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University HOUSTON -- (Feb. 18, 2020) -- Rice ...

Researchers show how Ebola virus hijacks host lipids

The VP40 protein, encoded by one of Ebola's seven genes, has a region that is crucial for binding to the ...

New technique tracks individual protein movement on live cells

New microscopy method allows researchers to follow individual molecules over long periods of time as they move along and inside ...

Technique can label many specific DNAs, RNAs, or proteins in a single tissue sample

Researchers at Harvard's Wyss Institute developed a method to multiplex imaging of specific and rare molecules in samples, which offers ...

New high-throughput method to study gene splicing at an unprecedented scale

A new technique to follow the splicing of thousands of genes shows that it may occur far more often than ...

Discovery at ‘flower burial’ site could unravel mystery of Neanderthal death rites

Credit: Graeme Barker The first articulated Neanderthal skeleton to come out of the ground for over 20 ...

CDI laboratory explores pathway to open up blood cancer treatments

The paper in Nature Communications could mean better treatment for leukemia, among other cancersCredit: Hackensack Meridian Health February 12, 2020, ...

Key modifier identified in large genetic deletion related to neurodevelopmental disorders

Credit: Girirajan Laboratory, Penn State Neurodevelopmental disorders, including schizophrenia and autism, likely result from complex interactions that modify the effects ...

Scientists have identified protein involved in progression of lung cancer and melanoma

WDR74 is a trigger helping a circulating tumor cell turn into a secondary tumorCredit: FEFU press office Scientists from Far ...

Unraveling mechanisms of ventricular enlargement linked to schizophrenia

Scientists at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital have implicated two microRNAs in the biological processes that underlie the ventricle enlargement ...

World’s first congenital pituitary hypoplasia model developed using patient-derived iPS cells

Model illuminates the underlying mechanisms behind the diseaseCredit: Kobe University Researchers at Kobe University's Graduate School of Medicine have developed ...

How a tiny and strange marine animal produces unlimited eggs and sperm over its lifetime

NHGRI-supported research of Hydractinia could provide clues to human reproductive conditionsCredit: Timothy DuBuc, Ph.D. Swarthmore College A little-known ocean-dwelling creature ...

UIC researchers find unique organ-specific signature profiles for blood vessel cells

Probing the molecular biology of blood vessels in the heart, brain and lungsCredit: Jalees Rehman Researchers from the University of ...

Artificial intelligence finds disease-related genes

Credit: Linköping University An artificial neural network can reveal patterns in huge amounts of gene expression data, and discover groups ...

Research pinpoints rogue cells at root of autoimmune disease

Credit: Dr Ofir Shein-Lumbroso There are more than 100 different autoimmune diseases. But what unites them all is that they ...

Huge bacteria-eating viruses close gap between life and non-life