Drug combo reverses arthritis in rats
A combination of 2 previously studied osteoarthritis drugs work better than either drug alone, Salk researchers discoveredCredit: Salk Institute LA ...
Tag: Genetics
‘Innovative research award’ helps Colorado scientists block brain cancer escape routes
Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center Cancers used to be defined by where they grow in the body - lung ...
Viticulture Data Journal: Non-conventional papers foster open science & sustainability
Credit: Viticulture Data Journal and ARPHA Platform Non-conventional, yet pivotal research results: data, models, methods, software, data analytics pipelines and ...
UMMS scientist shows gene therapy protection of eyesight in models of multiple sclerosis
Research identifies mechanism of synaptic damage in certain neurodegenerative disordersCredit: UMass Medical School New research by Dorothy P. Schafer, PhD, ...
Cardiac and visual degeneration arrested by a food supplement
UNIGE researchers have discovered a new gene that causes blindness and cardiomyopathy; they have also managed to halt the progression ...
Researchers solve protein structures to fight asthma
Credit: Anastasiia Gusach et al./Nature Communications Biophysicists from the MIPT Center for Molecular Mechanisms of Aging and Age-Related Diseases have ...
Avatar worms help to identify factors that modify genetic diseases
IDIBELL researchers have used gene-editing technology in C. elegans to reproduce human mutations that cause retinitis pigmentaria. With this method, ...
Low doses of radiation used in medical imaging lead to mutations in cell cultures
Discovery that radiation creates breaks that allow in foreign DNA must be confirmed in animal studiesCredit: Kevin Mackenzie, University of ...
Study unravels new insights into a Parkinson’s disease protein
Research on alpha-synuclein highlights a potential therapeutic strategyCredit: Anderson, Hirpa, Zheng, Banerjee and Gunawardena, Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience, Jan. 2020. ...
Cancer study may accidentally help researchers create usable blood stem cells
Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center A massive research effort over more than a quarter century has tried to make ...
Scientists discover link between ALS genes
Study holds promise for ALS treatmentsCredit: University of Malta The enzyme Gemin3 was identified as the molecular 'bridge' between genes ...
A sea monster’s genome
Credit: The Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London Sailors' yarns about the Kraken, a giant sea-monster lurking in the ...
Why can’t Bertrand Might cry? Scientists offer an answer: missing water channels
Credit: The Might family LA JOLLA, CALIF. - January 16, 2020 - Scientists at Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute ...
Jumping genes threaten egg cell quality
Understanding their activity has implications for fertility and health of future generationsCredit: Photograph is courtesy of Marla Tharp and Navid ...
The mysterious, legendary giant squid’s genome is revealed
Credit: Alphonse de Neuville WOODS HOLE, Mass. -- How did the monstrous giant squid - reaching school-bus size, with eyes ...
US HUPO honors OU researcher with New Investigator Award
Credit: The University of Oklahoma NORMAN, OKLA. - University of Oklahoma researcher Si Wu has been selected as a winner ...
MDI Biological Laboratory will use new animal model to study aging
Grant will support addition of African turquoise killifish to model animal rosterCredit: MDI Biological Laboratory BAR HARBOR, MAINE — The ...
New study on a recently discovered chlorophyll molecule could be key to better solar cells
Scientists uncover the location and functions of a new type of chlorophyll molecule for the first timeCredit: Tokyo University of ...
InDepth Pharmaceuticals moves ahead with diagnostic to predict kidney transplant success
Credit: Sarah Pack, Medical University of South Carolina InDepth Pharmaceuticals, founded by Deepak Nihalani, Ph.D., the SmartState Endowed Chair in ...
Hyperactive immune system gene causes schizophrenia-like changes in mice
Credit: Rhushikesh A. Phadke Excessive activity of an immune system gene previously linked to schizophrenia reproduces neural and behavioral aspects ...
