Genetics

Credit: Baylor College of Medicine A team led by researchers at Baylor College of Medicine found that not only do individual mammalian cells in a population fail to respond synchronously to estrogen stimulation, neither do individual…

Credit: Baylor College of Medicine A protein naturally produced in the body has been found to suppress breast cancer metastasis in animal models of human tumors. Researchers led by Baylor College of Medicine also found that high…

ITHACA, N.Y. - Transferring genetic markers in plant breeding is a challenge, but a team of grapevine breeders and scientists at Cornell University have come up with a powerful new method that improves fruit quality and acts as a key…

University of Alberta cancer researcher proposes treating cutaneous T-cell lymphoma before it reaches the skinCredit: Jordan Carson A cancer researcher at the University of Alberta has made a discovery that could unlock new ways to…

Credit: Jiri Macas České Budějovice/Gatersleben, 27.01.2020 Whenever the European dodder, Cuscuta europaea, is under scientific scrutiny, it usually is due to its lack of chloroplasts and its concomitant parasitic lifestyle. However,…

Credit: Benjamin Peret/CNRS White lupin is a particularly abstemious crop, requiring very little fertiliser and producing high-protein seeds of great nutritive quality. The plant has just yielded the secrets of its genome thanks to…

NHGRI-funded ClinGen panel also validates three genes believed to be associated with long QT syndromeCredit: Darryl Leja, NHGRI Geneticists and heart specialists around the world had previously reported 17 genes to cause long QT…

Credit: STRI Pac-Man, the open-mouthed face of the most successful arcade game ever, is much more well-known than any of the one-celled organisms called protists, at least among people over 30. But the first study to…

American Association for the Advancement of Science awards Newcomb Cleveland prize to study of transgenic fungus designed to control malaria-carrying mosquito populations in West AfricaCredit: Etienne Bilgo The American Association for…

A new study analyzes 30 years of patient data and details the clinical course of 184 individuals with genetically diverse forms of maple syrup urine disease STRASBURG, PA- A new study analyzes 30 years of patient data and details the…