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A gene is a unit of heredity in a living organism. It normally resides on a stretch of DNA that codes for a type of protein or for an RNA chain that has a function in the organism. All living things depend on genes, as they specify all proteins and functional RNA chains.

Snail Research Reveals the Adaptation of Biological Clocks to Tidal Environments

Organisms, including humans, follow a schedule that coordinates important bodily functions such as sleep-wake cycles, metabolism, hormone production, cognitive function, and feeding habits to environmental cycles.

28 May 2024

Deciphering the Genetic Basis of Bayberry Fruit Quality

The Chinese bayberry, Myrica rubra, is a subtropical fruit highly valued for its distinctive flavor, nutritional benefits, and economic importance.

28 May 2024

Modifying Cellular Interactions Near Amyloid Plaques May Offer New Alzheimer's Treatments

Researchers at Mount Sinai’s Icahn School of Medicine have achieved a big breakthrough in Alzheimer’s disease research by discovering a new technique to potentially slow or even stop disease development.

28 May 2024

Integrative genomic study identifies two new potential drug targets in Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Researchers used existing whole genome sequences of M. tuberculosis and conducted a pangenomic analysis to identify potential drug targets.

28 May 2024

Study Reveals Allele-Specific DNA Methylation in Hybrid Poplar Regeneration

Understanding plant regeneration at the molecular level is pivotal for advancements in genetic transformation and genome editing.

27 May 2024

CRISPR Screening Reveals Peptide in Human RNA Regulating Inflammation

UC Santa Cruz researchers have discovered a peptide in human RNA that regulates inflammation and may provide a new path for treating diseases such as arthritis and lupus.

27 May 2024

Comprehensive Analysis of Gene-Isoform Variation Unlocks Secrets of Brain Development

A team led by researchers at UCLA and the University of Pennsylvania has produced a first-of-its kind catalog of gene-isoform variation in the developing human brain.

24 May 2024

SPT Labtech’s Firefly® Liquid Handler Chosen by Colossal Biosciences to Accelerate NGS Capabilities in Fight Against Species Extinction and Biodiversity Loss

SPT Labtech, a global leader in the design, development and manufacture of automated instrumentation and consumables for life science applications, announces that its firefly liquid handling platform has been selected by Colossal Biosciences to enhance its Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) capabilities.

From SPT Labtech 24 May 2024

Cryo-EM Study Reveals Cas7-11-CRISPR Complex Regulation Mechanisms

In a recent study published in Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy, Chinese researchers studied the cryo-electron microscopy structures of the CRISPR-Cas7-11 nuclease, both alone and in complex with the regulatory protein tetratricopeptide repeat fused with Cas/(human enhancer of filamentation 1) HEF1-associated signal transducer (TPR-CHAT).

24 May 2024

New Chemical Modification Enhances Antisense Oligonucleotide Targeting in CNS Diseases

Diseases that affect the brain and spinal cord can be particularly devastating, and finding new and more effective ways to treat these conditions is an important goal for researchers and clinicians alike.

23 May 2024

Multiplexed Orthogonal Base Editors for Precise Mutation Modeling

The human genome consists of around 3 billion base pairs and humans are all 99.6% identical in their genetic makeup.

23 May 2024

Mitochondrial Phosphate Carrier MIR1: A Key Player in Candida albicans Virulence

This study is led by Professor Yan Wang (School of Pharmacy, Second Military Medical University (Naval Medical University), Shanghai, China). Her team found that the lack of MIR1 gene, which encodes mitochondrial phosphate carrier, can lead to severe virulence defects in Candida albicans.

23 May 2024

Exploring Cell-in-Cell Events Across the Tree of Life

In a new review paper, Carlo Maley and Arizona State University colleagues describe cell-in-cell phenomena in which one cell engulfs and sometimes consumes another.

22 May 2024

Mapping Neurodevelopmental Disease with High-Throughput In Vivo Perturb-seq

The brain is often referred to as a "black box"-;one that's difficult to peer inside and determine what's happening at any given moment.

21 May 2024

Unraveling Gardnerella Diversity in the Vaginal Microbiome

Researchers from North Carolina State University have found that multiple species of Gardnerella, bacteria sometimes associated with bacterial vaginosis (BV) and pre-term birth, can coexist in the same vaginal microbiome.

21 May 2024

Remote ischemic conditioning:A potential treatment option for necrotizing enterocolitis

Necrotizing enterocolitis is a life-threatening neonatal disease with high morbidity and mortality rates.

21 May 2024

Brookhaven Scientists Unravel Evolutionary Origins of Plant Lignin

Scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory have discovered that a protein responsible for the synthesis of a key plant material evolved much earlier than suspected.

20 May 2024

Viruses Offer Efficient Delivery for Precise Plant Breeding

The application of genome editing in plant molecular breeding is hampered by the lack of straightforward and efficient methods for introducing genome editing reagents into plants, despite the technology's great potential.

20 May 2024

Unveiling the Anti-Inflammatory and Anti-Obesity Potential of Menthol-Derived Esters

Obesity and inflammatory diseases are increasing in prevalence and contribute to the growing burden of lifestyle disorders such as diabetes and hypertension. There is a lack of naturally derived alternatives to tackle these issues

20 May 2024

Study Reveals How tRNA Modification Influences Malaria Drug Resistance

Researchers from the Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Interdisciplinary Research Group (IRG) at Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART), MIT’s research enterprise in Singapore, in collaboration with Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Columbia University Irving Medical Center (CUIMC), and Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore), have discovered a link between malaria parasites’ ability to develop resistance to antimalarial drugs – specifically artemisinin (ART) – through a cellular process called transfer Ribonucleic acid (tRNA) modification.

20 May 2024

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Snail Research Reveals the Adaptation of Biological Clocks to Tidal Environments

Deciphering the Genetic Basis of Bayberry Fruit Quality

Modifying Cellular Interactions Near Amyloid Plaques May Offer New Alzheimer's Treatments

Integrative genomic study identifies two new potential drug targets in Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Study Reveals Allele-Specific DNA Methylation in Hybrid Poplar Regeneration

CRISPR Screening Reveals Peptide in Human RNA Regulating Inflammation

Comprehensive Analysis of Gene-Isoform Variation Unlocks Secrets of Brain Development

SPT Labtech’s Firefly® Liquid Handler Chosen by Colossal Biosciences to Accelerate NGS Capabilities in Fight Against Species Extinction and Biodiversity Loss

Cryo-EM Study Reveals Cas7-11-CRISPR Complex Regulation Mechanisms

New Chemical Modification Enhances Antisense Oligonucleotide Targeting in CNS Diseases

Multiplexed Orthogonal Base Editors for Precise Mutation Modeling

Mitochondrial Phosphate Carrier MIR1: A Key Player in Candida albicans Virulence

Exploring Cell-in-Cell Events Across the Tree of Life

Mapping Neurodevelopmental Disease with High-Throughput In Vivo Perturb-seq

Unraveling Gardnerella Diversity in the Vaginal Microbiome

Remote ischemic conditioning:A potential treatment option for necrotizing enterocolitis

Brookhaven Scientists Unravel Evolutionary Origins of Plant Lignin

Viruses Offer Efficient Delivery for Precise Plant Breeding

Unveiling the Anti-Inflammatory and Anti-Obesity Potential of Menthol-Derived Esters

Study Reveals How tRNA Modification Influences Malaria Drug Resistance

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