Gene editing via CRISPR/Cas9 can lead to cell toxicity and genome instability
Credit: IRB Barcelona Researchers at IRB Barcelona identify critical spots on the genome where gene editing could cause an ...
Tag: genome
Clearing the mist hiding the genome
Kyoto–Since scientists first mapped the complete human genome, attention has now turned to the question of how cells use this ...
How the genome is packed into chromosomes that can be faithfully moved during cell division
Researchers from the Gerlich Group at IMBA – Institute of Molecular Biotechnology of the Austrian Academy of Sciences – discovered ...
CRISPR therapeutics can damage the genome
The researchers caution: "The CRISPR genome editing method is very effective, but not always safe. Sometimes cleaved chromosomes do not ...
Scientists expand entomological research using genome editing
Genome sequencing, where scientists use laboratory methods to determine a specific organism’s genetic makeup, is becoming a common practice in ...
Snake genome research expands understanding of krait venom
Bungarus multicinctus, or the many-banded krait as it commonly called, is a highly venomous elapid snake widely distributed across southern ...
Salk Research Professor Todd Michael receives $2 million to build a genome repository for the cassava plant
LA JOLLA–– (July 1, 2022) Research Professor Todd Michael will receive nearly $2 million from the Bill & Melinda Gates ...
‘Supergene’ wreaks havoc in a genome
The human genome is littered with “selfish genetic elements,” which do not seem to benefit their hosts, but instead seek ...
USDA-ARS releases genome of the voracious desert locust
June 27, 2022--The first high-quality genome of the desert locust—those voracious feeders of plague and devastation infamy and the most ...
New technology helps reveal inner workings of human genome
Weill Cornell Medicine and New York Genome Center researchers, in collaboration with Oxford Nanopore Technologies, have developed a new method to assess on ...
Unveiling the mysteries of the genome structure in the human cell nucleus using a 3D computational simulation
A team of researchers at Nagoya University in Japan has created a 3-Dimensional computational simulation of the process of genome ...
100,000-year-old polar bear genome reveals ancient hybridization with brown bears
An analysis of ancient DNA from a 100,000-year-old polar bear has revealed that extensive hybridization between polar bears and brown ...
Researchers reconstruct the genome of centuries-old E. coli using fragments extracted from an Italian mummy
Hamilton, ON, June 16, 2022 – An international team led by researchers at McMaster University, working in collaboration with the University ...
Researchers discover mechanism linking mutations in the ‘dark matter’ of the genome to cancer
For many years, the human genome was viewed as a book of life in which sections of great eloquence and ...
New inherited retroviruses identified in the koala genome
Historic virus infections can be traced in vertebrate genomes. For millions of years, these genomes have been repositories for retroviruses ...
Rapid whole genome sequencing improves diagnosis in critically ill infants on a national scale
Vienna, Austria: Children who are born severely ill or who develop serious illness in the first few weeks of life ...
The European Union backs a project at IRB Barcelona to expand tumour genome interpretation for personalised cancer treatment
Barcelona, 1 June 2022,- Cancer is increasingly prevalent in society and the efforts of the research community, doctors and administrations ...
An arms race that plays out in a single genome
Biological arms races are commonplace in nature. Cheetahs, for example, have evolved a sleek body form that lends itself to ...
Ancient viral elements embedded in human genome not from fossil retrovirus
Using a next generation sequencing analysis to examine human endogenous retrovirus (HERV) integration sites, researchers from Kumamoto University, the National ...
New CRISPR-combo boosts genome editing power in plants
Ten years ago, a new technology called CRISPR-CAS9, made it possible for scientists to change the genetic code of living ...
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Reinvigorating ‘lost cause’ exhausted T cells could improve cancer immunotherapy
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A new method boosts wind farms’ energy output, without new equipment
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Researchers fabricate cobalt copper catalysts for methane on metal-organic framework Contributes to goal of methane production from carbon dioxide emissions
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New insights on how some individuals with obesity can lose weight – and keep it off
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Brightest stars in the night sky can strip Neptune-sized planets to their rocky cores
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The North American Menopause Society releases its 2022 Hormone Therapy Position Statement