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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.

Optimized Genome-Editing Method Vastly Reduces Mutations

CRISPR-Cas9 is frequently used to alter the genome by researching and editing disease-related genes. However, this approach is coupled with undesirable side effects including mutations and toxicity.

11 Apr 2023

CRISPR-Cas9 Driven Gene-Editing Tool Models Liver Cancer Tumor Subtypes

Mutations in human genes can cause serious issues, such as colon or liver cancer. However, cancer is a very complex condition. Mutations in the same genes can result in distinct kinds of cancers in different persons.

11 Apr 2023

Unraveling Regulatory Mechanisms When Plants Use Nitrogenous Fertilizers in the Roots

Insights into gene and protein control systems that regulate the use of nitrogen by plant roots could help develop crops that require less nitrogenous fertilizers to produce acceptable yields.

11 Apr 2023

Integrated-Gut-Liver-on-a-Chip can Improve Understanding of Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease

A new chip that holds different cell types in tiny, interconnected chambers could allow scientists to better understand the physiological and disease interactions between organs.

10 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

Key Mediator of Anhedonia-Like Behavior Identified

Researchers uncovered a stress-regulated gene that is important in the relationship between chronic stress and typical depressed behavior in mice.

10 Apr 2023

Strawberry Inflorescence Research Provides Tools for Genomics-Based Plant Breeding

Researchers from the University of Helsinki, in collaboration with their Canadian colleagues, have demonstrated how strawberry inflorescence development is dictated by the small growing points, called meristems.

7 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

Evolutionary Encounter of Two Protein Components Could Occur Entirely by Chance

Proteins are the key players for virtually all molecular processes within the cell. To fulfil their diverse functions, they have to interact with other proteins.

7 Apr 2023

Generation of Monkey Blastoids Using Optimized Protocol

Human embryo development and early organ development remain unclear due to ethical concerns about using embryos for research and a scarcity of materials to investigate.

7 Apr 2023

Attacking the HTLV-1 Virus With the Help of Special Gene Scissors

HTLV-1 triggers aggressive forms of leukemia or an incurable spinal cord disease that leads to paralysis: the virus is the often ignored but no less insidious sibling of the HIV virus that causes AIDS and also belongs to the family of retroviruses.

6 Apr 2023

Researchers Chart the First "Map of the Microverse"

What defines the habitat – the ecological niche – of a microorganism? It is a combination of environmental factors such as temperature, moisture, and nutrient content. But the exact contribution of each of these factors is difficult to predict.

6 Apr 2023

Study Paves the Way to Targeted Treatments for Stargardt Disease

A recent study in the Journal of Biological Chemistry revealed the key to a protein that commonly causes blindness.

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