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Study highlights retrotransposition in CRISPR gene therapy clinical trials

Worldwide clinical studies for gene therapy utilizing CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing are now underway for a number of disorders. A study from Boston Children’s Hospital that was released in Nature Communications on June 27th, 2022, alerts readers to a possible CRISPR editing risk that has not yet been identified.

8 Jul 2022

Scientists create new live-attenuated influenza vaccine technique over pathogens

The use of attenuated, live viruses as vaccines is a potential method to minimize the effects of viral infectious diseases, such as influenza.

8 Jul 2022

Study shows how drugs help to treat hepatitis A virus replication using an animal model

A virus must go through the viral replication cycle in order to propagate throughout the body and cause disease.

5 Jul 2022

Researchers get a complete atlas of zebrafish genetic data for biomedical research

According to the latest research, medical and life science scientists will benefit from the most detailed atlas of zebrafish genetic data available.

5 Jul 2022

Researchers discover a safe strategy to correct genetic defects

Healing debilitating genetic diseases is one of modern medicine’s most difficult challenges.

5 Jul 2022

Study highlights evolutionary links between two kinds of ancient invertebrates

There are two phyla of tiny aquatic invertebrates: Kamptozoa and Bryozoa. They are related to ribbon worms (Nemertea), bristle worms, earthworms, and leeches (all of which are classified as annelids), as well as snails, clams, and other mollusks.

5 Jul 2022

Experts build artificial Hox genes using new synthetic DNA technology

Using cutting-edge synthetic DNA technology and genomic engineering in stem cells, scientists at New York University have created artificial Hox genes, which regulate and direct where cells go to develop tissues or organs.

From New York University (NYU) 4 Jul 2022

Study identifies the crucial activity of transposable elements in the evolution of the octopus genomes

The octopus is an extraordinary organism with exceptional brain complexity and cognitive abilities that are unmatched by other invertebrates. So much so that it resembles vertebrates in certain ways more than it does invertebrates.

1 Jul 2022

New biomedical research tool may help advance molecular diagnostics and drug discovery

A new biomedical research tool that enables scientists to measure hundreds of functional proteins in a single cell could offer new insights into cell machinery.

30 Jun 2022

New study gauges public acceptance of gene-edited foods

Through CRISPR and other gene-editing technologies, researchers and developers are poised to bring dozens – if not hundreds – of new products to grocery stores: mushrooms with longer shelf lives, drought-resistant corn and bananas impervious to a fungus threatening the global supply.

29 Jun 2022

Genetic sequencing reveals clues to the sea dragons’ distinctive features

Even with plenty of fish in the sea, sea dragons stand out from the crowd. The funky, fabulous fish are bedecked with ruffly leaf-like adornments. Their spines are kinked.

29 Jun 2022

WHOI, UConn and Bigelow Laboratory execute a license agreement for kelp germplasm

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, the University of Connecticut, and Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences have executed a license agreement for a kelp germplasm, or collection of microscopic cells called gametophytes, containing more than 1,200 samples all developed and isolated by WHOI and UConn-led teams.

27 Jun 2022

Researchers get deep insights into the functionality of human genome

Scientists from Weill Cornell Medicine and the New York Genome Center, in partnership with Oxford Nanopore Technologies, have introduced a new method for assessing the three-dimensional structure of the human genome, as well as how the genome folds, on a large scale.

27 Jun 2022

Genome News and Research

Study highlights retrotransposition in CRISPR gene therapy clinical trials

Scientists create new live-attenuated influenza vaccine technique over pathogens

Study shows how drugs help to treat hepatitis A virus replication using an animal model

Researchers get a complete atlas of zebrafish genetic data for biomedical research

Researchers discover a safe strategy to correct genetic defects

Study highlights evolutionary links between two kinds of ancient invertebrates

Experts build artificial Hox genes using new synthetic DNA technology

Study identifies the crucial activity of transposable elements in the evolution of the octopus genomes

New biomedical research tool may help advance molecular diagnostics and drug discovery

New study gauges public acceptance of gene-edited foods

Genetic sequencing reveals clues to the sea dragons’ distinctive features

WHOI, UConn and Bigelow Laboratory execute a license agreement for kelp germplasm

Researchers get deep insights into the functionality of human genome

Study reveals how amphioxus model analyze the genesis and vertebrates evolution

Researchers understand and collect a diverse range of bee genomes

Genetic mutations allow great development of TB-causing bacteria

Research shows the molecular pathways for trichrome formation and cannabis production

Unraveling sex determination in Bursaphelenchus nematodes: A path towards pest-control

New computer model helps identify mutations that drive tumor growth

Scientists restructure the genome of E. coli using fragments extracted from mummy

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