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Newly Identified Cellular Mechanism Enhances Photosynthesis in Marine Phytoplankton

Take a deep breath. Now take nine more. According to new research, the amount of oxygen in one of those 10 breaths was made possible thanks to a newly identified cellular mechanism that promotes photosynthesis in marine phytoplankton.

1 Jun 2023

New Genome-Wide Testing Finds Greater Proportion of Pure Dingoes in the Wild Than Previously Thought

Wild dingo populations have less dog lineage, with a significantly greater proportion of pure dingoes than previously thought, according to new research, challenging the view that pure dingoes are on the decline due to crossbreeding.

31 May 2023

Computational Approach Could Uncover Transcriptional Regulatory Mechanisms and Causal Noncoding Variants

Less than two percent of the human genome codes for proteins, with the rest being noncoding and likely helping with gene regulation.

31 May 2023

Ancient DNA Reveals Earliest Evidence of Plague Cases in Britain

The Francis Crick Institute has discovered three 4,000-year-old British cases of Yersinia pestis, the bacteria that causes the plague—the oldest evidence of the plague in Britain to date. The study was published in Nature Communications.

31 May 2023

Determining Disease Progression in Patients with Recent-Onset Type 1 Diabetes

A gene expression signature that has the potential to forecast the advance of type 1 diabetes has been determined by scientists from Turku Bioscience Centre and InFLAMES Flagship at the University of Turku in Finland.

30 May 2023

New Genes Associated With SCAD Identified

The National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Leicester Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) and Universite Paris Cite have identified new genes linked with an increased incidence of a type of heart attack that primarily affects young to middle-aged women, with support from global partners in Canada, the United States, and Australia.

30 May 2023

Study Reveals Mechanisms Behind Swallowing in Detail

Sensory cells in the vagus nerve can detect and locate food in the esophagus. Their signals help transport the food onward to the stomach. Signal failure leads to swallowing disorders, say a team led by Carmen Birchmeier at the Max Delbrück Center.

29 May 2023

Virally Mediated Gene Therapy Rescues Hearing in Aging Mice

By 2050, one in 10 individuals are expected to live with some form of hearing loss. Of the hundreds of millions of cases of hearing loss affecting individuals worldwide, genetic hearing loss is often the most difficult to treat.

29 May 2023

Combining Proteins With Nano-Based Engineering to Create Circuits

Penn State researchers have developed the first protein-based nano-computing agent that can be used as a circuit.

29 May 2023

How the Disturbed Recycling Chain of Endoplasmic Reticulum Causes Neurodegenerative Diseases

Our cells are crisscrossed by a system of membrane tubes and pockets called the endoplasmic reticulum (ER). It is crucial for the production of biomolecules and is continuously built up and degraded.

29 May 2023

Genetic Structure of French Canadian Population Revealed

Genealogies that link all people are frequently lost throughout time, despite the fact that all humans share common ancestors that date back many generations to hundreds of thousands of years.

26 May 2023

New Insights Into How Genetic Variants Impact Gene Expression

The Department of Biomedical Informatics (DBMI) at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, in collaboration with the University of California San Francisco and Stanford University, has recently published a study that is the largest of its kind to focus on ancestry correlations with biomedical traits.

26 May 2023

Youth Gene "Chinmo" Could Link to Cancerous Processes

Chinmo, the gene responsible for the juvenile stage in insects, has been discovered by researchers. This gene is found in animals and could have a role in cancerous processes.

26 May 2023

Promising Gene Editing Tool Could Tackle Antimicrobial Resistance

A new instrument that has the potential to help minimize the spread of antimicrobial resistance is revealing early potential, by using a bacterial immune system as a gene-editing tool.

26 May 2023

Imaging Technology Provides New Understanding of Root Chemicals Responsible for Plant Growth

On a sunny springtime stroll through a park, it's easy to ignore the parts of plants that are hidden from view. Plant biologists see things differently.

26 May 2023

Fission Yeast Analysis Reveals Two Key Genes Involved in Gross Chromosomal Rearrangement

When creating a computer program, errors in the code can introduce bugs to the software. Similarly, errors in our body's genetic code, DNA, which is stored in structures known as chromosomes, can bring about mutations in the body.

26 May 2023

Study Characterizes the Properties of MAIT Cells in Mouse Lung

A population of unconventional white blood cells has recently captured the attention of immunologists and clinicians alike.

26 May 2023

Ex Vivo Expansion of HSCs Using a Novel Culture System

Hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) are immature blood cells found in the bone marrow that can be stimulated to develop into any type of blood cell.

25 May 2023

Deep-Sequencing Identifies Over 10,000 Unique Genes in Cotton

TEs (transposable elements), particularly LTRs, are recognized to play a crucial role in defining basic genome organization and affecting functional gene expression. Insertion of TE or LTR fragments may also result in the formation of new transcription start sites (TSSs) in the host genome.

25 May 2023

Using Macrogenetic Techniques to Identify Genetic Patterns of Diverse Marine Species

Species known as marine habitat-forming species -;gorgonians, corals, algae, seaweeds, marine phanerogams, etc.-; are organisms that help generate and structure the underwater landscapes.

25 May 2023

Genetics and Genomics News and Research

Latest Genetics and Genomics News and Research

Newly Identified Cellular Mechanism Enhances Photosynthesis in Marine Phytoplankton

New Genome-Wide Testing Finds Greater Proportion of Pure Dingoes in the Wild Than Previously Thought

Computational Approach Could Uncover Transcriptional Regulatory Mechanisms and Causal Noncoding Variants

Ancient DNA Reveals Earliest Evidence of Plague Cases in Britain

Determining Disease Progression in Patients with Recent-Onset Type 1 Diabetes

New Genes Associated With SCAD Identified

Study Reveals Mechanisms Behind Swallowing in Detail

Virally Mediated Gene Therapy Rescues Hearing in Aging Mice

Combining Proteins With Nano-Based Engineering to Create Circuits

How the Disturbed Recycling Chain of Endoplasmic Reticulum Causes Neurodegenerative Diseases

Genetic Structure of French Canadian Population Revealed

New Insights Into How Genetic Variants Impact Gene Expression

Youth Gene "Chinmo" Could Link to Cancerous Processes

Promising Gene Editing Tool Could Tackle Antimicrobial Resistance

Imaging Technology Provides New Understanding of Root Chemicals Responsible for Plant Growth

Fission Yeast Analysis Reveals Two Key Genes Involved in Gross Chromosomal Rearrangement

Study Characterizes the Properties of MAIT Cells in Mouse Lung

Ex Vivo Expansion of HSCs Using a Novel Culture System

Deep-Sequencing Identifies Over 10,000 Unique Genes in Cotton

Using Macrogenetic Techniques to Identify Genetic Patterns of Diverse Marine Species

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