Genetics and Genomics News and Research

Latest Genetics and Genomics News and Research

Boosting Central Memory T Cells with Targeted Protein Modulation

The Hackensack Meridian Center for Discovery and Innovation's (CDI) Xue Lab has made yet another advancement in the understanding of the immune system and its potential for disease-fighting modulation.

22 Jan 2024

New Method Labels Viruses for Efficient Tracking and Tailoring

At the grocery store, barcodes make it quick and simple to identify products and frequently contain important details like quantity, location, and tracking.

22 Jan 2024

Phage Proteins Tame CRISPR-Cas3, Paving Way for Precise Gene Therapy

Through the use of CRISPR, an immune system that bacteria use to defend themselves against viruses, researchers have been able to alter genetic information within cells.

22 Jan 2024

CD4+ T Cells Revealed as Powerful Cancer Killers

Researchers have unveiled groundbreaking insights into CD4+ T cells, a kind of immune cell, demonstrating the potential for immunotherapies targeting melanoma, the most fatal kind of skin cancer.

22 Jan 2024

New Virus Targets Dormant Bacteria, Boosting Antibiotic Power

In nature, the majority of bacteria adhere to a minimalistic lifestyle. When faced with nutrient scarcity or stress, they initiate a controlled shutdown of their metabolism, entering a resting state.

22 Jan 2024

Traffic Jam in the Brain: Study Uncovers Cellular Cause of Rare Neurological Disease

Researchers from McGill University, led by Professor Alanna Watt of the Department of Biology, have identified previously unknown changes in brain cells affected by a neurological disease.

22 Jan 2024

DNA Repair Breakthrough: Scientists Reveal RecA's Precise Helix Navigation

Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have been studying DNA repair by homologous recombination, where the RecA protein repairs breaks in double-stranded DNA by incorporating a dangling single-strand end into intact double strands, and repairing the break based on the undamaged sequence.

22 Jan 2024

Predicting Apple Shapes with DNA and Deep Learning

The revolution in plant species characterization, brought about by advancements in whole-genome sequencing, has yielded a vast pool of genotypic data available for analysis.

18 Jan 2024

New Technology Unveils Secrets of Fragile Marine Creatures in Minutes

A University of Rhode Island professor of Ocean Engineering and Oceanography, along with a multidisciplinary research team from multiple institutions, successfully demonstrated new technologies that can obtain preserved tissue and high-resolution 3D images within minutes of encountering some of the most fragile animals in the deep ocean.

18 Jan 2024

Study Uncovers Chromatin Modifier-Centered Pathway for Grain Size Regulation in Rice

Chromatin is the complex of DNA and proteins that makes up the genetic material in the nucleus of eukaryotic cells.

18 Jan 2024

Understanding How Inherited DNA Variations Influence Blood Cancer Development

Large-scale genetic analysis has helped researchers uncover the interplay between cancer-driving genetic mutations and inherited genetic variants in a rare type of blood cancer.

18 Jan 2024

Commercializing Innovation in a Life Sciences Ecosystem

In this interview, Glennis Mehra, the Director of BioLabs at NYU Langone, shares her journey through the life sciences industry and delves into the role of BioLabs as an incubator for early-stage life science companies.

17 Jan 2024

USC Scientists Discover Protein Key to 3D Genome Control and Gene Silencing

Each cell’s nucleus contains DNA, which is the blueprint for human life.

17 Jan 2024

Implications of the KMAP Ocean Gene Catalog 1.0

The greatest investigation of ocean DNA reveals the diverse world of ocean bacteria. The KMAP Global Ocean Gene Catalog 1.0, an open-source database containing over 317 million gene groups, has the potential to stimulate biotechnology innovation and reveal the function of marine microbes in reducing global warming and preserving human and environmental health.

17 Jan 2024

‘Mini-Placentas’ Help Scientists Study the Causes of Pre-eclampsia and Pregnancy Disorders

Scientists have grown ‘mini-placentas’ in the lab and used them to see how the placenta develops and interacts with the inner lining of the womb – findings that could help scientists better understand and, in future, potentially treat pre-eclampsia.

17 Jan 2024

The Crucial Role of Nucleolus Organizing Regions in Chestnut Genetics

The nucleolus organizing region (NOR), a crucial area of the genome, indicates that the chromosomes of Chinese and American chestnuts are not as comparable as previously thought.

16 Jan 2024

Genome-Wide Study Identifies Gene Pair Crucial for Regulating Blood Vessel Disease in the Lungs

University of Pittsburgh Schools of Medicine researchers uncovered a fundamental mechanism that controls the body's response to limited oxygen and regulates blood vessel disease of the lung.

16 Jan 2024

Mosaic Turner Syndrome Identified in 2500-Year-Old Briton: Ancient DNA Reveals Hidden History

Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute, working with University of Oxford, University of York and Oxford Archaeology, have developed a new technique to measure the number of chromosomes in ancient genomes more precisely, using it to identify the first prehistoric person with mosaic Turner syndrome (characterized by one X chromosome instead of two [XX]), who lived about 2500 years ago.

16 Jan 2024

Using a Data-Driven Approach to Accelerate the Design Process for New Drugs

Researchers have developed a platform that combines automated experiments with AI to predict how chemicals will react with one another, which could accelerate the design process for new drugs.

16 Jan 2024

Genome Analysis Exposes How Fungal Infections Evade Drugs

Global fungal infections, which affect one billion people and cause 1.5 million deaths each year, are on the rise due to the increasing number of medical treatments that heighten vulnerability.

16 Jan 2024