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DNA, or deoxyribonucleic acid, is the hereditary material in humans and almost all other organisms. Nearly every cell in a person’s body has the same DNA. Most DNA is located in the cell nucleus (where it is called nuclear DNA), but a small amount of DNA can also be found in the mitochondria (where it is called mitochondrial DNA or mtDNA).

AI tools forecast DNA’s regulatory region and 3D structure

According to two recent research published in Nature Genetics, recently created artificial intelligence (AI) tools effectively identified the function of DNA’s regulatory regions and three-dimensional (3D) structure based only on its raw sequence.

9 Aug 2022

Researchers identify key molecular differences between initial and metastatic tumors

Researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine claim to have discovered significant molecular variations between cancer cells that adhere to an initial tumor and those that spread out to develop distant tumors while researching the fatal form of breast cancer known as triple negative.

9 Aug 2022

Researchers construct large evolutionary trees of marine microbial eukaryotes

A study published recently in the prestigious journal Nature Ecology and Evolution has unveiled some of the key processes in marine microbial evolution.

8 Aug 2022

Mitochondrial DNA plays a crucial role in inflammation, study finds

Mitochondria are generally known as the powerhouse of the cell, however, growing research indicates that they may potentially be involved in inflammation.

8 Aug 2022

Study discovers a molecular mechanism that confers special physical properties to chromosomes in dividing human cells

The Gerlich Group at the Institute of Molecular Biotechnology of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (IMBA) has identified a molecular process that gives chromosomes in dividing human cells unique physical characteristics that permit faithful transmission to the progeny.

8 Aug 2022

SLFN11’s surveillance part in protein homeostasis

On July 25th, 2022, a new study perspective called “SLFN11’s surveillance role in protein homeostasis” was published in Volume 9 of Oncoscience.

8 Aug 2022

Researchers receive $2.3 million NSF grant to unravel oceanographic mystery

West of St. Petersburg in the Gulf of Mexico is an area called the West Florida Shelf. It's a marine desert, cut off from many of the elements that are essential for life.

3 Aug 2022

Study explores phytoplasmas in insects from natural areas

Phytoplasmas are bacteria that can invade the vascular tissues of plants, causing many different crop diseases.

3 Aug 2022

Scientists solve how RNA molecules reach their targets

Scientists claim that life does not come with an instruction manual, but this is not totally accurate. Each cell in our body follows the instructions provided by its DNA in the form of RNA molecules.

1 Aug 2022

HIV latent cells produce a possible cure investigation

Researchers from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) Vaccine Research Center (VRC) and their collaborators gave a presentation recently at AIDS 2022, the 24th International AIDS Conference in Montreal.

1 Aug 2022

A Retro-Cascorder device records a cell’s genetic activity in DNA for days at a time

If you want to keep track of someone’s activities for a day, contact them every 10 minutes and inquire what they are up to. It would be simpler, though, to equip them with a journal in which to record their own acts.

1 Aug 2022

Study explores how plant genetic diversity affects leaf microbiota

Plants, like people and animals, have a microbiota. A team of researchers headed by the University of Chicago and including INRAE investigated whether genetic diversity within a plant species influences the makeup of its leaf microbiota.

28 Jul 2022

Study shows how two matching DNA strands hybridize to generate double-stranded DNA

Nanoscientists and theoretical physicists from UNSW Medicine & Health’s EMBL Australia Node in Single Molecule Science collaborated to decipher the intricate mechanics of determining how quickly two matched strands of DNA may completely come together—or hybridize—to generate double-stranded DNA. Their results were reported in Nucleic Acids Research.

From The University of New South Wales (UNSW) 28 Jul 2022

Scientists determine the contribution of DNA recombinations to genomic diversity in health and disease

Researchers from Japan’s RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences, working with colleagues from all over the world, found that recombinations of particular genomic sequences, which are reproduced millions of times in the genome of each human cell, are common in both normal and disease states.

28 Jul 2022

New method can easily convert commercially available DNA chips into RNA chips

Biochips (microarrays) are modern analytical tools that allow thousands of individual detections to be performed simultaneously in a small amount of sample material. A team led by Mark Somoza from the Faculty of Chemistry at the University of Vienna has now presented a new method in "Nature Communications".

27 Jul 2022

Study highlights the history of ancient DNA technology development

Ancient DNA (aDNA) technology has been used for the past ten years by researchers working under the direction of FU Qiaomei at the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) to learn more about the history of ancient human populations, particularly those in East Asia.

26 Jul 2022

Researchers review the major milestones of ancient DNA techniques

Ancient DNA (aDNA) technology has been used for the past ten years by researchers working under the direction of Qiaomei Fu at the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) to learn more about the past of ancient human populations, particularly those in East Asia.

25 Jul 2022