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Miniature CRISPR-Cas system expands applicability and implications further

For the first time, Stanford researchers have miniaturized CRISPR for mammalian gene editing, which magnifies the scope of CRISPR technology.

3 Sep 2021

Growing wheat endowed with biological nitrification inhibition raises productivity, quality

An international collaboration has discovered and transferred to elite wheat varieties a wild-grass chromosome segment that causes roots to secrete natural inhibitors of nitrification, offering a way to dial back on heavy fertilizer use for wheat and to reduce the crop's nitrogen leakage into waterways and air, while maintaining or raising its productivity and grain quality, says a new report in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.

3 Sep 2021

Scientists develop data analysis platform to enhance apple breeding process

A new platform housing data from over 100 apple varieties could shave years off of the breeding process and enable data-driven assessments of how to boost the health benefits of America's favorite fruit.

3 Sep 2021

UMSOM study suggests a genetic basis behind instantaneous human compatibility

Have you ever met someone you instantly liked, or at other times, someone who you knew immediately that you did not want to be friends with, although you did not know why?

2 Sep 2021

New approach to enhance cell-free biosynthesis with engineered yeast extracts

Think of cells as tiny factories: within their walls they have both the machinery to make products such as proteins, and the mechanisms for maintenance to keep processes running smoothly.

31 Aug 2021

Research findings likely to enhance genome-based disease prediction

A recent study by the University of Oxford and co-workers identifies that the effects of an individual’s genes on their chance of getting sick declines with age.

31 Aug 2021

Study traces antibiotic impact by analyzing the oral microbiome of bears

Historical museum collections were used by scientists to analyze the impacts of human-made antibiotics over the complete history of their application.

31 Aug 2021

Study reveals mechanisms promoting overall glioma tumor growth

Researchers from Northwestern Medicine unearthed the epigenetic processes involved in the regulation of multiple oncogenes in glioma cells.

31 Aug 2021

High levels of antibiotic resistance in wild Swedish bears follow human antibiotic use

An international team of researchers used historical museum collections to study the effects of human-made antibiotics over the entire history of their application.

27 Aug 2021

Massive study identifies 579 genomic locations linked to self-regulating behaviors

Researchers have identified 579 locations in the human genome associated with a predisposition to self-regulation-related behaviors, including addiction and child behavioral problems. With data from 1.5 million people of European descent, the effort is considered to be one of the largest genome-wide association studies to date.

27 Aug 2021

Study identifies C9orf72 repeat expansion using novel genetic marker

Research offers a new genetic tool to pinpoint C9orf72 repeat expansion-carrying frontotemporal lobar degeneration from huge population-based cohorts.

25 Aug 2021

Genome editing tool used to render male mosquitoes infertile and slow disease spread

Mosquitos spread viruses that cause potentially deadly diseases such as Zika, dengue fever and yellow fever. New U.S. Army-funded research uses gene editing to render certain male mosquitoes infertile and slow the spread of these diseases.

24 Aug 2021

Study identifies variants and genes linked to alcohol consumption

Scientists from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai published the first of its kind research in the field of addiction genetics employing a multi-omics method to offer a huge list of causal candidate genes linked with alcohol consumption and alcohol use disorder (AUD).

24 Aug 2021

Genomic analysis reveals the facial association between populations

Recent research on the genetics underlying facial features has identified that East Africans have certain exclusive facial genetics.

23 Aug 2021

Study uncovers mechanism behind skin cell transformation

Researchers have created a recipe for turning skin cells into primitive muscle-like cells that can be sustained indefinitely in the laboratory.

23 Aug 2021

Study reveals how two separate DNA changes may predict aggressive childhood leukemias

New research published today in JAMA Oncology reports how two separate DNA changes appear to predict aggressive childhood leukemias when they occur in combination.

From The University of Utah 20 Aug 2021

New CRISPR-based technique for rapid screening of hundreds of genes in a single experiment

Zebrafish- small, fast-growing creatures who share many of the same genes as humans- are instrumental to many biologists, who find them uniquely well suited for studying a wide range of questions, from how organisms develop to how the nervous system drives behavior.

From The University of Utah 20 Aug 2021

Genomic surveillance is vital to achieve effective mitigation and containment of COVID-19

Although the development and increasingly widespread availability of effective and safe vaccines provides the greatest hope for the future recovery from the increasingly devastating COVID-19 pandemic, genomic surveillance is emerging as a vital necessity to achieve effective mitigation and containment.

19 Aug 2021

Novel genome-editing technology to mitigate Alzheimer’s disease

Around 500,000 patients in China alone are considered to be living with a hereditary form of Alzheimer’s disease (AD).

19 Aug 2021

Study pinpoints genes responsible for kidney function

Recently scientists pinpointed 182 genes likely responsible for kidney function—most of which can be targeted with existing drugs.

18 Aug 2021

Genomics

Miniature CRISPR-Cas system expands applicability and implications further

Growing wheat endowed with biological nitrification inhibition raises productivity, quality

Scientists develop data analysis platform to enhance apple breeding process

UMSOM study suggests a genetic basis behind instantaneous human compatibility

New approach to enhance cell-free biosynthesis with engineered yeast extracts

Research findings likely to enhance genome-based disease prediction

Study traces antibiotic impact by analyzing the oral microbiome of bears

Study reveals mechanisms promoting overall glioma tumor growth

High levels of antibiotic resistance in wild Swedish bears follow human antibiotic use

Massive study identifies 579 genomic locations linked to self-regulating behaviors

Study identifies C9orf72 repeat expansion using novel genetic marker

Genome editing tool used to render male mosquitoes infertile and slow disease spread

Study identifies variants and genes linked to alcohol consumption

Genomic analysis reveals the facial association between populations

Study uncovers mechanism behind skin cell transformation

Study reveals how two separate DNA changes may predict aggressive childhood leukemias

New CRISPR-based technique for rapid screening of hundreds of genes in a single experiment

Genomic surveillance is vital to achieve effective mitigation and containment of COVID-19

Novel genome-editing technology to mitigate Alzheimer’s disease

Study pinpoints genes responsible for kidney function

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