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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.

Study shows promising results for treating muscular dystrophies with umbilical cord-derived MSCs

Results of a compassionate-use study released in STEM CELLS Translational Medicine show promising results for treating muscular dystrophies with mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) derived from Wharton's jelly (WJ), a substance found in the umbilical cord.

28 Jul 2021

New universal toolkit for phylogenomic research on flowering plants

How do you study a group of organisms with over 300,000 species, dispersed across all seven continents, and with up to 50 times as much DNA content as the human genome?

27 Jul 2021

New thin-film microfluidic device to manipulate β-lactoglobulin in milk

Researchers have manipulated beta-lactoglobulin, or β-lactoglobulin, by using an Australian-made innovative thin-film microfluidic device.

27 Jul 2021

Study unravels novel centromeric functional protein

Scientists have discovered a new centromeric functional protein and dubbed it Adaptor of polo1 (Apolo1). The findings of the study were reported in Cell Reports.

27 Jul 2021

Pushing organ-on-a-chip microdevices to new levels to improve ovarian cancer treatment

In the evolving field of cancer biology and treatment, innovations in organ-on-a-chip microdevices allow researchers to discover more about the disease outside the human body.

26 Jul 2021

Study reveals the role of transcription in shaping the genome

Developments in the field of microscopy allowed scientists to picture loops of DNA strands for the first time.

26 Jul 2021

New transferrable and integrative type I CRISPR-based platform to efficiently edit superbugs

A research team led by Dr Aixin YAN, Associate Professor from the Research Division for Molecular & Cell Biology, Faculty of Science, in collaboration with Honorary Clinical Professor Patrick CY WOO from the Department of Microbiology, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, the University of Hong Kong, reported the development of a transferrable and integrative type I CRISPR-based platform.

23 Jul 2021

Largest study identifies causal genetic variants associated with type 1 diabetes risk

Scientists have completed the largest and most diverse genetic study of type 1 diabetes ever undertaken, identifying new drug targets to treat a condition that affects 1.3 million American adults.

23 Jul 2021

Researchers successfully create genetically engineered marsupials via genome editing

Scientists from the RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research (BDR) successfully created the first genetically engineered marsupial. The research and its findings published in the Current Biology journal help decipher the genetic background of special characteristics found only in marsupials.

23 Jul 2021

Research identifies vitamin C as a key ingredient for immune cell function

A new study has now identified that it is not possible to generate stable regulatory T cells without Vitamin C or enzymes called TET proteins as much as how one cannot make a banana split without bananas.

23 Jul 2021

Soil microbes are critical players in corn heterosis

The tiny organisms living in soil may have a greater effect on the yield and pest and disease resistance of crop plants grown in that soil than previously known.

22 Jul 2021

Researchers discover nucleotide sequences characteristic of microRNA isoforms

Researchers from HSE University have discovered nucleotide sequences characteristic of microRNA isoforms (microRNAs with errors).

22 Jul 2021

Study discloses the role of gene cluster variants in producing climate-specific natural substances

Natural substances are of much interest to scientists mainly as the basis for medicines, as some natural substances exhibit interesting properties.

21 Jul 2021

Study unravels gene expression control mechanism with immunity and cancer implications

Despite alternative polyadenylation (APA) affecting a larger part of human genes, the importance of APA was not well understood.

21 Jul 2021

Modification in some RNA molecules could protect against non-alcoholic fatty liver

RNA molecules while carrying genetic instructions from DNA to the protein-making machinery of cells could help guard against non-alcoholic fatty liver.

21 Jul 2021

Researchers use body-on-a-chip cancer models to study personalized immunotherapy response

Wake Forest researchers and clinicians are using patient-specific tumor 'organoid' models as a preclinical companion platform to better evaluate immunotherapy treatment for appendiceal cancer, one of the rarest cancers affecting only 1 in 100,000 people.

20 Jul 2021

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Study shows promising results for treating muscular dystrophies with umbilical cord-derived MSCs

New universal toolkit for phylogenomic research on flowering plants

New thin-film microfluidic device to manipulate β-lactoglobulin in milk

Study unravels novel centromeric functional protein

Pushing organ-on-a-chip microdevices to new levels to improve ovarian cancer treatment

Study reveals the role of transcription in shaping the genome

New transferrable and integrative type I CRISPR-based platform to efficiently edit superbugs

Largest study identifies causal genetic variants associated with type 1 diabetes risk

Researchers successfully create genetically engineered marsupials via genome editing

Research identifies vitamin C as a key ingredient for immune cell function

Soil microbes are critical players in corn heterosis

Researchers discover nucleotide sequences characteristic of microRNA isoforms

Study discloses the role of gene cluster variants in producing climate-specific natural substances

Study unravels gene expression control mechanism with immunity and cancer implications

Modification in some RNA molecules could protect against non-alcoholic fatty liver

Researchers use body-on-a-chip cancer models to study personalized immunotherapy response

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Study shows how to unlock CRISPR’s potential to regulate many genes simultaneously

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