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Global Effort Maps Genetic Makeup of Lyme Disease Bacteria

A team led by CUNY Graduate Center biologists has produced a genetic analysis of Lyme disease bacteria that may pave the way for improved diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of the tick-borne ailment.

16 Aug 2024

New Approach for Targeted Genome Editing in Wild Populations

Researchers from Macquarie University and the California Institute of Technology have discovered a novel method that, when published in Nature Communications on August 13th, 2024, might make it easier and more controllable for scientists to modify the genetic composition of wild populations than when using gene drives.

14 Aug 2024

Study Reveals Mechanisms Behind Lineage Restriction in Cell Development

A team of researchers from multiple institutions including the University of Chicago and VectorBuilder, has made a significant breakthrough in the understanding of lineage restriction, a biological phenomenon foundational to multicellular lifeforms as it secures the functional identities of the myriad cell types in the body.

14 Aug 2024

New Breast Cell Atlas Enhances Understanding of Cancer Origins

Scientists at the Melvin and Bren Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center at Indiana University have finished the largest mapping of healthy breast cells to date.

13 Aug 2024

Novel Technique to Study Ubiquitination

Once human proteins are synthesized, they go through some chemical changes. These adjustments control their stability, functionality, and structure.

13 Aug 2024

Light-Activated Macrophages Show Increased Appetite for Cancer Cells

The body has a veritable army constantly on guard to keep us safe from microscopic threats from infections to cancer.

13 Aug 2024

New Insights into How Cell Nuclei Shape Tissue Architecture During Development

In work conducted both at UC Santa Barbara and the Physics of Life Excellence Cluster of TU Dresden, biophysicist Otger Campàs and his research group have found that cell nuclei control the architecture and mechanics of eye and brain tissues during embryonic development.

13 Aug 2024

Advancing Genome Visualization with CRISPR/Cas9 Technology in Live Cells

Understanding the spatiotemporal organization of the genome in the nucleus is crucial for advancing our knowledge of chromatin structure and its functional dynamics in both normal and diseased states.

13 Aug 2024

Utah Scientists Begin New Project to Map Epigenetic Changes Across the Human Genome

The Human Genome Project changed everything. A map of the entire human sequence of DNA was the starting point for an enormous number of discoveries, from disease genes to how humans evolved.

12 Aug 2024

Bacterial Defense Mechanism Revealed Through RNA-Derived Gene Synthesis

Researchers have uncovered a surprising way bacteria defend themselves: when a bacterium is infected, bacterial enzymes that copy genetic information from RNA into DNA synthesize genes whose protein products help shut down cell growth.

12 Aug 2024

Discovery of Largest Protein Sheds Light on Toxin Production in Marine Algae

While seeking to unravel how marine algae create their chemically complex toxins, scientists at UC San Diego's Scripps Institution of Oceanography have discovered the largest protein yet identified in biology.

12 Aug 2024

Peers' Genetic Traits Impact Long-Term Risk for Substance Use and Psychiatric Disorders

Mom always said, "Choose your friends wisely." Now a study led by a Rutgers Health professor shows she was onto something: Their traits can rub off on you – especially ones that are in their genes.

12 Aug 2024

Discovery of Free-Floating Genes in Bacteria Challenges Genetic Code Assumptions

Since the genetic code was first deciphered in the 1960s, our genes seemed like an open book. By reading and decoding our chromosomes as linear strings of letters, like sentences in a novel, we can identify the genes in our genome and learn why changes in a gene's code affect health.

12 Aug 2024

CRISPR-Cas: A Promising Tool For Combatting Antibiotic-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Using CRISPR-Cas systems in various studies to detect and treat Staphylococcus aureus.

12 Aug 2024

Scientists Develop AI-Powered Tool to Optimize Gene Delivery

Gene therapy could potentially cure genetic diseases but it remains a challenge to package and deliver new genes to specific cells safely and effectively. Existing methods of engineering one of the most commonly used gene-delivery vehicles, adeno-associated viruses (AAV), are often slow and inefficient.

9 Aug 2024

Noninvasive Ultrasound Method Enables Tracking of Gene Expression in Specific Brain Regions

The ability to alter or prevent the expression of faulty genes in the brain could be leveraged as a powerful therapeutic against neurodegenerative disease. However, the molecular underpinnings of the living brain are still largely inaccessible, hampering progress on such promising therapeutics.

9 Aug 2024