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Study shows strong link between genetic changes and cerebral palsy

Scientists have identified a strong connection between genetic modifications known to cause cerebral palsy and neurodevelopmental disabilities.

3 Feb 2021

Scientists discover the origin of rare genetic syndrome

Improvements in DNA sequencing have revealed a rare syndrome triggered by changes in the SATB1gene.

29 Jan 2021

Shell scientist receives prestigious award to develop alternative carbon management technologies

Shell Scientist Christian A. Davies, Ph.D., has been named the recipient of the 2021 Edith and Peter O'Donnell Award in Technology Innovation from TAMEST (The Academy of Medicine, Engineering and Science of Texas). He was chosen for his development of a broad suite of alternative carbon management technologies to reduce emissions for a lower carbon future.

15 Jan 2021

New barcoding system improves portable DNA sequencing to monitor pathogens more effectively

Scientists have discovered an easy way to remove nearly all sequencing errors created by a commonly used portable DNA sequencer.

13 Jan 2021

Scientists use gene-editing technique to considerably increase the production of formicamycin antibiotics

Researchers have leveraged gene-editing advances to obtain a 10 times increase in the development of super-bug targeting formicamycin antibiotics.

13 Jan 2021

Automated electron microscopy helps visualize neural function and behavior

Researchers are still clueless about how the neural networks are linked together to make functional circuits.

From Harvard Medical School 12 Jan 2021

Scientists trace back evolutionary history of antibiotic resistance genes

By comparing thousands of bacterial genomes, scientists in Gothenburg, Sweden have traced back the evolutionary history of antibiotic resistance genes. In almost all cases where an origin could be determined, the gene started to spread from bacteria that, themselves, can cause disease.

8 Jan 2021

Researcher investigates the effects of wildfires on soil fungi

In the wake of the 2017 North Bay fires, the golden hills of Santa Rosa, California, were unrecognizable. Smoky, seared and buried under ash, the landscape appeared desolate, save for some ghostly, blackened - but still alive - oak trees.

10 Dec 2020

Researchers identify genes that determine the shelf life of flaxseed oil

Biologists have analyzed the genes that establish the composition of fatty acids in flaxseed oil and detected polymorphisms in six of those genes.

7 Dec 2020

International 10+ Genome Project provides an invaluable resource to improve wheat production

In a paper published Wednesday, Nov. 25, in Nature, Kansas State University researchers, in collaboration with the international 10+ Genome Project led by the University of Saskatchewan.

26 Nov 2020

Somatic mutation acts as natural gene therapy in patients with GATA2 deficiency

Researchers affiliated with the Center for Cell-Based Therapy (CTC) in Ribeirão Preto, Brazil, have identified for the first time a non-hereditary mutation in blood cells from a patient with GATA2 deficiency, a rare autosomal disease caused by inherited mutations in the gene that encodes GATA-binding protein 2 (GATA2).

18 Nov 2020

New laboratory test can rapidly detect infectious agents in hospitalized patients

Researchers have designed a laboratory test that can detect the microbial miscreant affecting patients hospitalized with serious infections in just six hours.

11 Nov 2020

Plastic pollution and ocean acidification have significant impacts on species living in oceans

The combined environmental threat of plastic pollution and ocean acidification are having significant impacts on species living in our oceans, according to new research.

9 Nov 2020

Researchers identify a valuable source for treating pediatric cancer

For many cancers, doctors are increasingly looking to the DNA that solid tumors shed into the blood stream to help with diagnosis and monitoring.

22 Oct 2020

Scientists develop UK Crop Microbiome Cyrobank to facilitate sustainable yield improvement

Scientists from the UK's foremost agricultural research institutes have teamed up to create a new UK Crop Microbiome Cyrobank (UK-CMCB) to safeguard future research and facilitate the sustainable yield improvement of the UK's six major food crops including barley, oats, oil seed rape, potato, sugar beet and wheat.

12 Oct 2020

DNA Sequencing News and Research

Study shows strong link between genetic changes and cerebral palsy

Scientists discover the origin of rare genetic syndrome

Shell scientist receives prestigious award to develop alternative carbon management technologies

New barcoding system improves portable DNA sequencing to monitor pathogens more effectively

Scientists use gene-editing technique to considerably increase the production of formicamycin antibiotics

Automated electron microscopy helps visualize neural function and behavior

Scientists trace back evolutionary history of antibiotic resistance genes

Researcher investigates the effects of wildfires on soil fungi

Researchers identify genes that determine the shelf life of flaxseed oil

International 10+ Genome Project provides an invaluable resource to improve wheat production

Somatic mutation acts as natural gene therapy in patients with GATA2 deficiency

New laboratory test can rapidly detect infectious agents in hospitalized patients

Plastic pollution and ocean acidification have significant impacts on species living in oceans

Researchers identify a valuable source for treating pediatric cancer

Scientists develop UK Crop Microbiome Cyrobank to facilitate sustainable yield improvement

Researchers develop a new assembler for decoding genomes of microbial communities

New mathematical tools reveal the evolution and spread of tumors

Researchers identify genetic markers for migraine

New method accurately detects single gene mutation in a pool of 10,000 cells

Agricultural Research Service releases genomic data of Asian giant hornets

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