Genes

A study recently published in the renowned journal Blood, led by Kaan Boztug, Scientific Director of the St. Anna Children's Cancer Research Institute, the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Rare and Undiagnosed Diseases (LBI-RUD), Adjunct…

York University to develop 'BeeCSI' tool to help Canada's rapidly declining honey beesCredit: York University TORONTO, September 18, 2019 - When Canada's honey bees are thriving, they produce honey and pollinate valuable crops like…

Twenty years ago, scientists and investors were giddy over the promise of gene therapy to cure a host of deadly diseases. But the tragic death of a young man from an experimental treatment in 1999 nearly ended a scientist's career and the…

University of East Anglia scientists are developing a new wave of drugs to combat antibiotic resistance - thanks to a £7.4 million ($9.2 million) boost. The overuse of antibiotics has made infections harder to treat, leading to…

Cells adjacent to injured areas within the heart sense the damage and ensure immediate survival and could be exploited to increase the long term recovery of the heartCredit: Dennis de Bakker, © Hubrecht Institute The heart of…

Places, not predators, are evolution catalystsCredit: David Reznick / UCR Guppies, a perennial pet store favorite, have helped a UC Riverside scientist unlock a key question about evolution: Do animals evolve in response to the risk…

Biologists from the School of Arts and Sciences observed distinct shifts in the genomes of fruit flies fed different bacterial species after just five generationsCredit: Seth Rudman The expression "you are what you eat" has taken on new…

Credit: Clemson College of Science CLEMSON, South Carolina - A Clemson University professor's research has documented the movement of antibiotic resistance in humans into animal species. College of Science researcher Vincent Richards…

A group of scientists studying the ways plant-associated bacteria interact were surprised to find that strains predicted to be more sensitive to bacteria were able to coexist with aggressor strains. "Our findings are not consistent…

Correction of mutation in muscle stem cells with CRISPR editing may pave the way for lifelong treatments for muscular dystrophyCredit: MU School of Medicine Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a rare but devastating genetic…