Study identifies new dementia risk genes through novel testing approach
LOS ANGELES – A new UCLA-led study has identified multiple new risk genes for Alzheimer’s disease and a rare, related ...
Tag: Genes
Study of more than 150,000 people identifies genes strongly linked to autism and neurodevelopmental disorders
A new study of genes underlying neurodevelopmental differences has uncovered more than 70 that are very strongly associated with autism ...
Ochsner and Tulane collaboration uncovers what happens to genes inside artery plaques to trigger strokes
NEW ORLEANS, LA. – Researchers at Ochsner Health and Tulane University School of Medicine have identified the genes that become active in carotid arteries when ...
Not all in the genes: Are we inheriting more than we think?
A fundamental discovery about a driver of healthy development in embryos could rewrite our understanding of what can be inherited ...
New antibiotic resistance genes identified in tuberculosis
A massive analysis of more than 10,000 different Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacteria isolates from 23 countries has revealed new genes associated ...
These baboons borrowed a third of their genes from their cousins
DURHAM, N.C. -- New genetic analyses of wild baboons in southern Kenya reveals that most of them carry traces of ...
Insects harbor over a thousand genes from microbes, which help them survive
Hundreds of millions of years ago, microbes and plants might have given insects an evolutionary advantage by passing genes to ...
‘Maths’ genes used by fish to count may help us treat human neurodevelopmental diseases
Fish are helping researchers track down the origins of how brains compute maths, reports a review in Frontiers in Neuroanatomy. ...
Scientists map networks of disease-associated immune genes
SAN FRANCISCO, CA—Using new technologies to study thousands of genes simultaneously within immune cells, researchers at Gladstone Institutes, UC San ...
Scientists discover key genes behind insect migrations
Scientists have identified more than 1,500 genetic differences between migratory and non-migratory hoverflies. Credit: Will Hawkes Scientists have identified more ...
How to find marker genes in cell clusters
The thousands of cells in a biological sample are all different and can be analyzed individually, cell by cell. Based ...
When ASD occurs with intellectual disability, a convergent mechanism for two top-ranking risk genes may be the cause
BUFFALO, N.Y. — University at Buffalo scientists have discovered a convergent mechanism that may be responsible for how two top-ranked ...
Scientists engineer synthetic DNA to study “architect” genes
Researchers at New York University have created artificial Hox genes—which plan and direct where cells go to develop tissues or ...
The octopus’ brain and the human brain share the same “jumping genes”
The octopus is an exceptional organism with an extremely complex brain and cognitive abilities that are unique among invertebrates. So ...
Using firefly genes to understand cannabis biology
Cannabis, a plant gaining ever-increasing attention for its wide-ranging medicinal properties, contains dozens of compounds known as cannabinoids. Credit: (Jason ...
Study highlights undiscovered potential of bacterial compounds and genes linked to colon cancer-related toxin
The last two decades have seen the development of sophisticated computational tools that explore the DNA of bacteria. These tools ...
ACMG releases update to secondary findings gene list; SF v3.1 adds five genes, including one with variant linked to heart failure in underrepresented populations
The American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics (ACMG) has released an update to the recommended minimum gene list for ...
Genes & Cancer | Now on PubMed: Volume 12
BUFFALO, NY- June 16, 2022 – Oncology-focused research papers published in Volume 12 of Genes & Cancer are now on ...
Scientists unravel the mystery of genes that are key to brain development
Scientists are starting to understand the precise workings of a type of gene that, unlike other genes, does not code ...
Mount Sinai researchers discover genes that predict good response to blood cancer therapy
New York, NY (June 15, 2022) — Mount Sinai researchers have for the first time identified genes that predict a ...
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Burying short sections of power lines would drastically reduce hurricanes’ future impact on coastal residents
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Reinvigorating ‘lost cause’ exhausted T cells could improve cancer immunotherapy
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Climate change threatens food supply chains with cascading impacts on diet quality, income – new modelling shows
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Sharpest image ever of universe’s most massive known star
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New insights on how some individuals with obesity can lose weight – and keep it off
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Obscure gastrointestinal bleeding: rebleeding rates and rebleeding predictors found