Tag: Genetics

Credit: Children's Tumor Foundation New York: November 19, 2019 - The Children's Tumor Foundation (CTF), an innovative and global neurofibromatosis ...

Milestone reached in new leukemia drug

Credit: Vakoc lab/CSHL, 2019 Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory scientists, with chemists and cancer biologists from Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (DFCI), have ...

RNA regulation is crucial for embryonic stem cell differentiation

Credit: Will Garland/AU Embryonic stem cells (ESCs) are distinguished by their dual ability to self-renew and their potential to differentiate, ...

MU researchers describe catatonia in Down syndrome

First longitudinal study highlights positive responses to established catatonia therapiesCredit: MU News Bureau COLUMBIA, Mo. - Down syndrome, due to ...

Antibiotics from the sea

November 18, 2019

International research team taps potential source of new antibioticsCredit: Christian Jogler Nearly three-quarters of all clinically relevant antibiotics are natural ...

Possible new treatment strategy against progeria

November 18, 2019

Credit: Daniel Whisenant Progeria is a very rare disease that affects about one in 18 million children and results in ...

The little duck that could: Study finds endangered Hawaiian duck endures

November 18, 2019

Credit: Christopher Malachowski, Oregon State University The endangered Hawaiian duck, or koloa, the only endemic duck remaining on the main ...

Seeing past the stigma

A review of the lesser known sides of the plant genus ErythroxylumCredit: J. D'Auria / IPK Since the Western world ...

Early DNA lineages shed light on the diverse origins of the contemporary population

Early DNA lineages from Finland shed light on the diverse origins of the contemporary populationCredit: Stanislav Belskiy A new genetic ...

Scientists discover how the molecule-sorting station in our cells is formed and maintained

New mechanism to explain how the cell organelle that sorts and distributes substances entering a cell is formed and maintainedCredit: ...

Lichens are way younger than scientists thought

Credit: (c) Matthew P. Nelsen, Field Museum You've probably seen a lichen, even if you didn't realize it. If you've ...

New method described for quantifying antisense oligonucleotides in nuclei

Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, November 14, 2019--A novel method uses subcellular fractionation to quantify label-free ...

MicroRNA comprehensively analyzed

Credit: @tsarcyanide/MIPT Press Office Messenger RNA transmits genetic information to the proteins, and microRNA plays a key role in the ...

FDA accepts submission for selumetinib as treatment for neurofibromatosis

Would become first approved drug for genetic disorder affecting millionsCredit: Children's Tumor Foundation AstraZeneca and MSD (Merck) announced today that ...

Salk Institute receives Charity Navigator’s highest rating for ninth consecutive time

Status achieved by only three percent of nonprofitsCredit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA--(November 14, 2019) For the ninth consecutive time, the ...

Blocking a survival mechanism could tackle melanoma treatment resistance

Credit: the Babraham Institute The effectiveness of current treatments for melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer, could be improved ...

AI for plant breeding in an ever-changing climate

ORNL's Dan Jacobson and team design algorithms for climate-resilient cropsCredit: Pixabay How might artificial intelligence (AI) impact agriculture, the food ...

Genetics of species-specific birdsong revealed

Credit: Wang H. et al., PLOS Biology, November 13, 2019 Differences in gene expression led to different bird songs between ...

Spot the difference: Two identical-looking bird species with very different genes

Scientists have identified a new bird species from the Southern coast of China, that diverged from its Northern relatives around ...

Leukaemia cells can transform into non-cancerous cells through epigenetic changes