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Adding Few Cell Layers Inside a Corn Kernel Could Increase the Grain's Nutrient Content

What if, by adding a couple of cell layers inside a corn kernel, the grain could become significantly richer in essential nutrients like iron, zinc, and protein? Such an improvement could benefit people who rely on corn for a large portion of their diet, as in many parts of the global south.

20 Apr 2023

Sickle Cell Disease Cure? Prime Editing Offers Hope for Blood Disorder

At St Jude Children’s Research Hospital and the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, researchers have shown how prime editing could help correct the mutation that results in sickle cell disease in a possibly curative method.

18 Apr 2023

Genetic Changes Affecting Cartilage Cell Maturation may Influence Adult Height, Study Shows

When it comes to height, our fate is sealed along with our growth plates—cartilage near the ends of bones that hardens as a child develops.

17 Apr 2023

New Clinical RNA Sequencing Platform Helps Facilitate Research into Rare Genetic Conditions

A new clinical RNA sequencing platform at The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) is helping to facilitate research into rare genetic conditions and carve a path for Precision Child Health, a movement at SickKids to deliver individualized care for every patient.

17 Apr 2023

Exceptional Number of Unknown Viruses Found in the Infants' Feces

Viruses are usually associated with illness. But our bodies are full of both bacteria and viruses that constantly proliferate and interact with each other in our gastrointestinal tract.

12 Apr 2023

New Insights on How Developmental Processes Unfold Across the Human Brain

Brain development does not occur uniformly across the brain, but follows a newly identified developmental sequence, according to a new Penn Medicine study.

11 Apr 2023

New Epigenetic Vulnerability Of Acute Myeloid Leukemia Revealed

Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is an aggressive blood cancer that causes uncontrolled accumulation of white blood cells. Because of the poor outcomes of this disease, researchers across the globe have been on the hunt for new ways to treat AML, while preserving normal blood development.

10 Apr 2023

The Modified Development Potential of Worm Embryonic Cells

A startling discovery that challenges the conventional wisdom that the majority of the hereditary information for cell differentiation is encoded within DNA and other genetic factors has been made regarding how specific proteins within the chromosomes of roundworms facilitate their offspring to develop specialized cells generations later.

10 Apr 2023

Study Establishes Two Distinct Regulatory T Cell Populations

According to a recent study headed by the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), a regulatory class of human T cells is descended from two distinct origins, one related to autoimmunity and one related to protective immunity.

10 Apr 2023

Researchers Identify Antibody that may Block Infection by All Dominant SARS-CoV-2 Variants

A team led by researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine, the University of Wisconsin-Madison; Scripps Research and the University of Chicago has identified an antibody that appears to block infection by all dominant variants of the virus that causes COVID-19, including Omicron, the most recent.

10 Apr 2023

Key Enzyme in Sugar Metabolism Plays Role in Protecting Cancer Cells

A key enzyme in sugar metabolism is inactivated particularly easily and efficiently by oxidative stress.

7 Apr 2023

Novel Protein Involved in Tumor Suppression Identified

Understanding how cancer develops is critical for designing effective, personalized cancer therapies. Researchers have known for years that cancer begins with mutations in certain types of genes.

7 Apr 2023

Microbial Composition of the Gut may Affect a Child's Susceptibility to ADHD

New research published in the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry suggests that the microbial composition of the gut may affect a child's susceptibility to attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).

6 Apr 2023

Poor Sleep Combined With High Genetic Susceptibility Results in Greater Asthma Risk

Poor quality sleep may bolster a person's genetic susceptibility to asthma, potentially doubling their risk of being diagnosed with the condition, suggests a large UK Biobank study, published in the open access journal BMJ Open Respiratory Research.

6 Apr 2023

Newly Discovered Mechanism may Have Profound Implications for Colorectal Cancer Prevention

Researchers at the Forsyth Institute have discovered an important mechanism that may have profound implications for how we prevent colorectal cancer. Oddly enough, their discovery began in the mouth.

5 Apr 2023

The Relation Between an Autism Gene and Infertility

The biological foundations of a reproductive disease caused by a DNA mutation have been discovered by a University of California, Riverside study. Fragile X Syndrome, a major genetic contributor to cerebral impairment and autism, is also caused by this gene mutation.

5 Apr 2023

Revealing how cohesin attaches to the DNA and forms loops

Ana Losada, a scientist at the Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO) and then at the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, identified cohesin, a protein essential to the process of cell division, in Xenopus frogs at the end of the 1990s.

5 Apr 2023

Potential Treatment Pathway for IBD Emerges from Microbe-Gut Signaling Study

Fresh insights into how our bodies interact with the microbes living in our guts suggest that a two-drug combination may offer a new way to treat inflammatory bowel diseases such as Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis.

4 Apr 2023

Study Offers New Insight into Genetic Factors Behind Premature Delivery and Gestational Duration

New knowledge of the genetic factors behind premature delivery and gestational duration has now emerged.

4 Apr 2023

Jumping Genes in Various Cancers may be Used to Direct Novel Immunotherapies to Tumors

New research from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis suggests that transposable elements in various cancers potentially may be used to harness novel immunotherapies against tumors that don't typically respond to immune-based treatments. Shown is a 3D rendering of cancer cells.

4 Apr 2023

Children News and Research

Adding Few Cell Layers Inside a Corn Kernel Could Increase the Grain's Nutrient Content

Sickle Cell Disease Cure? Prime Editing Offers Hope for Blood Disorder

Genetic Changes Affecting Cartilage Cell Maturation may Influence Adult Height, Study Shows

New Clinical RNA Sequencing Platform Helps Facilitate Research into Rare Genetic Conditions

Exceptional Number of Unknown Viruses Found in the Infants' Feces

New Insights on How Developmental Processes Unfold Across the Human Brain

New Epigenetic Vulnerability Of Acute Myeloid Leukemia Revealed

The Modified Development Potential of Worm Embryonic Cells

Study Establishes Two Distinct Regulatory T Cell Populations

Researchers Identify Antibody that may Block Infection by All Dominant SARS-CoV-2 Variants

Key Enzyme in Sugar Metabolism Plays Role in Protecting Cancer Cells

Novel Protein Involved in Tumor Suppression Identified

Microbial Composition of the Gut may Affect a Child's Susceptibility to ADHD

Poor Sleep Combined With High Genetic Susceptibility Results in Greater Asthma Risk

Newly Discovered Mechanism may Have Profound Implications for Colorectal Cancer Prevention

The Relation Between an Autism Gene and Infertility

Revealing how cohesin attaches to the DNA and forms loops

Potential Treatment Pathway for IBD Emerges from Microbe-Gut Signaling Study

Study Offers New Insight into Genetic Factors Behind Premature Delivery and Gestational Duration

Jumping Genes in Various Cancers may be Used to Direct Novel Immunotherapies to Tumors

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