Genes

Two active genetics strategies help address concerns about gene-drive releases into the wildCredit: Ana Silva In the past decade, researchers have engineered an array of new tools that control the balance of genetic inheritance. Based…

Credit: N/A Fruit flies have the uncanny ability to wake up from a months-long hibernation right when their food of choice--say, the fruit from apple or Hawthorn trees--is at its peak. They're active for a couple of weeks, eating and…

Hoboken, N.J --September 17, 2020-- John Wiley and Sons Inc. (NYSE:JWa) (NYSE:JWb) and the International Society for Extracellular Vesicles (ISEV) are pleased to announce their open access publishing partnership for the Journal of…

Research consortium led by Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute and CWRU CLEVELAND, September 17, 2020 -- A team led by researchers from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research…

LMNB1 gene variants cause microcephaly by disrupting the nuclear envelope Greenwood, SC (September 17, 2020) - Greenwood Genetic Center (GGC) researchers, in collaboration with scientists from Belgium, Spain, and Italy, have confirmed that…

When it comes to metabolic health, it's not just what you eat, it's when you eat it. Studies have shown that one effective means of losing weight and tackling obesity is to reduce the number of hours in the day that you eat.…

Coleen Murphy found the key to multi-generational pathogen avoidance: a small RNA called P11Credit: Illustration by Rachel Kaletsky, Rebecca Moore and Coleen Murphy When humans see their children about to eat something they oughtn't, we can…

Bioinformatics platform simplifies data analysis to help biologists glean scientific insights into the novel coronavirus as body of data surges Scientists at Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute today announced they have…

A defective protein quality control system leads to motor neuron death, as seen in disorders such as ALSCredit: Courtesy Scripps Research JUPITER, FL -- Failures in a quality control system that protects protein-building fidelity…

Credit: Matt Jaremko/CSHL Joshua-Tor lab The most basic activity of a living thing is to turn one copy of its genome into two copies, crafting one cell into two. That replication event begins with a set of proteins--the Origin…

When we talk of Nordic history, it is all but impossible not to mention the Vikings. Stories about the Scandinavian warriors and their Old Norse Gods have long since travelled all around the world. But perhaps part of that narrative is…

Invaders, pirates, warriors - the history books taught us that Vikings were brutal predators who travelled by sea from Scandinavia to pillage and raid their way across Europe and beyondCredit: Jim Lyngvild Invaders, pirates, warriors -…

Credit: Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay From Alzheimer's to obesity, life can change dramatically if you discover you have a genetic risk of disease. Now, a new study from the Australian Centre for Precision Health, University of…

A paper saw light in Journal of Molecular NeuroscienceCredit: Kazan Federal University According to existing estimates, migraine is a highly prevalent ailment, with about 15 percent of global population suffering from it at one…

Review highlights sex differences in health and diseaseCredit: The Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University Males and females share the vast majority of their genomes. Only a sprinkling of genes, located on the so-called X…

St. Jude researchers showed that an inherited variant of the GATA3 gene is tied to minimal residual disease levels and response to therapy for acute lymphoblastic leukemia.Credit: St. Jude Scientists at St. Jude Children's Research…

Computational method capable of decoding influence of rare variants Geneticists could identify the causes of disorders that currently go undiagnosed if standard practices for collecting individual genetic information were expanded to…

Sex influences gene production in every human tissue Knowledge may be critical for personalized medicine Information could be used for diagnostics, drug development, predicting outcomes Genes found for women's breast cancer…

Fifteen studies establish a resource & outline outcomes of the consortium's 10-year effort to explain how DNA variants found in large-scale genetic research influence traits and disease Scientists from the Genotype-Tissue Expression…

New Orleans, LA - Research led by Jeff Gidday, PhD, Professor of Ophthalmology, Biochemistry, Neuroscience, and Physiology at LSU Health New Orleans School of Medicine, reports what is believed to be the first study in a mammalian model…