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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

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

Study applies novel AI tool to primary cancer genomes to identify mutation history

A new study has investigated the fragments of cancer DNA that arise from the human genome, the sequence of which is the outcomes of millions of years of evolution.

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

Yeast study reveals a protein involved in gross chromosomal rearrangements

Gross chromosomal rearrangements--where portions of the genome become moved, deleted, or inverted--can lead to cell death and diseases such as cancer in complex multicellular organisms.

23 Jul 2021

Drought impacts root microbiome of rice plants

Drought can have a lasting impact on the community of microbes that live in and around roots of rice plants, a team led by UC Davis researchers has found.

From The University of California, Davis 23 Jul 2021

Already characterized active substances exhibit unexpected effects

Every innovative drug starts with the search for an active substance targeting key players in disease-related processes.

23 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

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

Study identifies many small molecules that bind to certain areas of the SARS-CoV-2 genome

Scientists at Goethe University have now identified some regions of the SARS-CoV-2 genome that might be an ideal target for future drugs.

21 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

Researchers decode the genome information of photosynthetic sea slugs

Plants, algae and some bacteria are able to perform photosynthesis, which is the process of transforming sunlight energy into sugar.

16 Jul 2021

New study identifies two genetic regions linked to cluster headache

Scientists have performed the largest-ever study seeking genetic markers for cluster headache.

16 Jul 2021

New method to analyze the genomes of museum specimens

Natural history collections exhibit museum specimens that hold a wealth of underused genetic information because their DNA is poorly preserved.

16 Jul 2021

Too much heterogeneity is harmful in genome-wide association studies

The characteristics of plants of the same species can have different genetic causes depending on their origin. This is shown by a recent study at the University of Würzburg.

15 Jul 2021

Using machine learning to decode plant genetics

We live in a time when it's never been easier or less expensive to sequence a plant's complete genome. But knowing all a plant's genes is not the same thing as knowing what all those genes do.

14 Jul 2021

Mass spectrometry: Important analytical tool to understand Huntington’s disease proteome

Mass spectrometry has emerged as an important analytical tool for gaining a better understanding of mechanisms underlying Huntington's disease (HD), alongside the increased availability of cell and animal models of the disease.

14 Jul 2021

New tools identify genes for producing disease-resistant crops

Researchers from The University of Western Australia have developed tools to identify plant genes resistant to disease-causing fungi and deploy them to create more resistant crops.

From The University of Western Australia 14 Jul 2021

Genome News and Research

New universal toolkit for phylogenomic research on flowering plants

Study unravels novel centromeric functional protein

Study applies novel AI tool to primary cancer genomes to identify mutation history

Study reveals the role of transcription in shaping the genome

Yeast study reveals a protein involved in gross chromosomal rearrangements

Drought impacts root microbiome of rice plants

Already characterized active substances exhibit unexpected effects

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

Researchers successfully create genetically engineered marsupials via genome editing

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

Study identifies many small molecules that bind to certain areas of the SARS-CoV-2 genome

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

Researchers decode the genome information of photosynthetic sea slugs

New study identifies two genetic regions linked to cluster headache

New method to analyze the genomes of museum specimens

Too much heterogeneity is harmful in genome-wide association studies

Using machine learning to decode plant genetics

Mass spectrometry: Important analytical tool to understand Huntington’s disease proteome

New tools identify genes for producing disease-resistant crops

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