Two drugs used in combination prove to be effective against most aggressive asbestos cancer in mice
CNIO researchers and authors of the finding want to start clinical trialsCredit: CNIO Exposure to asbestos is the major risk ...
Tag: Genetics
Researchers discover a new auto-inflammatory disease called CRIA syndrome
Mutations in the RIPK1 gene responsible for CRIA syndromeCredit: Darryl Leja, NHGRI Over the last 20 years, three families have ...
Bacterial link in celiac disease
Credit: Artist in residence Erica Tandori, from the Rossjohn laboratory at Monash University Bacterial exposure has been identified as a ...
Research team traces evolution of the domesticated tomato
UMass Amherst biologists led evolutionary detective work on fruit's originsCredit: University of Georgia/Alexis Ramos AMHERST, Mass. - In a new ...
Study of cardiac muscles in flies might help you keep your heart young
Credit: Hua Bai AMES, Iowa - Researchers may have discovered a way to turn back the clock on aging heart ...
‘Census’ in the zebrafish’s brain
Dresden scientists explore newborn, regenerated neuronsCredit: Christian Lange The zebrafish is a master of regeneration: If brain cells are lost ...
Ghost worms mostly unchanged since the age of dinosaurs
Credit: José Cerca, Christian Meyer, Günter Purschke, Torsten H. Struck That size, shape and structure of organisms can evolve at ...
Genes controlling mycorrhizal colonization discovered in soybean
Credit: Michelle Pawlowski, University of Illinois URBANA, Ill. - Like most plants, soybeans pair up with soil fungi in a ...
Jaguars could prevent a not-so-great American biotic exchange
Maintaining tropical forest predators in Darien could keep coyotes at bayCredit: Fundacion Yaguara Panama For the first time, coyotes (Canis ...
LD Motif Finder locates ancient hidden protein patterns
Credit: © 2019 Rayan Naser An iterative machine learning approach has identified elusive 800 million-year-old amino acid patterns that are ...
Water lily genome expands picture of the early evolution of flowering plants
Credit: Liangsheng Zhang The newly reported genome sequence of a water lily sheds light on the early evolution of angiosperms, ...
Drug trial seeking first ever treatment for dangerous side effect of Prader-Willi syndrome
A worldwide research effort is underway for finding a treatment option for hyperphagia, the most common genetic cause of life-threatening ...
Engrams emerging as the basic unit of memory
Credit: Takashi Kitamura/MIT Picower Institute Though scientist Richard Semon introduced the concept of the "engram" 115 years ago to posit ...
Snake-like proteins can wrangle DNA
Rice study reveals details about how coiled coils may coil again to direct chromosome processCredit: Dana Krepel/Rice University HOUSTON - ...
Learning from the bears
Credit: Gotthardt Lab, MDC Grizzly bears spend many months in hibernation, but their muscles do not suffer from the lack ...
Finally, machine learning interprets gene regulation clearly
Credit: Kinney lab/CSHL, 2019 In this age of "big data," artificial intelligence (AI) has become a valuable ally for scientists. ...
Overuse of herbicides costing UK economy £400 million per year
Widespread use of herbicides leading to resistant black-grass is costing UK millions in profitCredit: Helen Hicks Scientists from international conservation ...
A new tomato ideal for urban gardens and even outer space
Credit: Lippman lab/CSHL, 2019 Farmers could soon be growing tomatoes bunched like grapes in a storage unit, on the roof ...
Injection of virus-delivered gene silencer blocks ALS degeneration, saves motor function
Novel spinal therapy/delivery approach prevented disease onset in neurodegenerative ALS disease model in adult mice and blocked progression in animals ...
Measuring mutations in sperm may reveal risk for autism in future children
Spontaneous mutations in paternal sperm are linked to autism spectrum disorder; researchers have developed way to quantify those mutations and ...
