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Researchers identify genes that determine the shelf life of flaxseed oil

Biologists have analyzed the genes that establish the composition of fatty acids in flaxseed oil and detected polymorphisms in six of those genes.

7 Dec 2020

International 10+ Genome Project provides an invaluable resource to improve wheat production

In a paper published Wednesday, Nov. 25, in Nature, Kansas State University researchers, in collaboration with the international 10+ Genome Project led by the University of Saskatchewan.

26 Nov 2020

Somatic mutation acts as natural gene therapy in patients with GATA2 deficiency

Researchers affiliated with the Center for Cell-Based Therapy (CTC) in Ribeirão Preto, Brazil, have identified for the first time a non-hereditary mutation in blood cells from a patient with GATA2 deficiency, a rare autosomal disease caused by inherited mutations in the gene that encodes GATA-binding protein 2 (GATA2).

18 Nov 2020

New laboratory test can rapidly detect infectious agents in hospitalized patients

Researchers have designed a laboratory test that can detect the microbial miscreant affecting patients hospitalized with serious infections in just six hours.

11 Nov 2020

Plastic pollution and ocean acidification have significant impacts on species living in oceans

The combined environmental threat of plastic pollution and ocean acidification are having significant impacts on species living in our oceans, according to new research.

9 Nov 2020

Researchers identify a valuable source for treating pediatric cancer

For many cancers, doctors are increasingly looking to the DNA that solid tumors shed into the blood stream to help with diagnosis and monitoring.

22 Oct 2020

Scientists develop UK Crop Microbiome Cyrobank to facilitate sustainable yield improvement

Scientists from the UK's foremost agricultural research institutes have teamed up to create a new UK Crop Microbiome Cyrobank (UK-CMCB) to safeguard future research and facilitate the sustainable yield improvement of the UK's six major food crops including barley, oats, oil seed rape, potato, sugar beet and wheat.

12 Oct 2020

Researchers develop a new assembler for decoding genomes of microbial communities

Researchers from the Center for Algorithmic Biotechnology at St Petersburg University, as part of a group of Russian and American scientists, have developed the metaFlye assembler.

9 Oct 2020

New mathematical tools reveal the evolution and spread of tumors

Interpreting the particular mutations that play a role in different forms of cancer is crucial to enhance diagnosis and treatment.

21 Sep 2020

Researchers identify genetic markers for migraine

According to current estimates, a migraine is a highly prevalent illness and around 15% of the global population is estimated to suffer from this.

16 Sep 2020

New method accurately detects single gene mutation in a pool of 10,000 cells

Rare genetic mutations occurring in cells cannot be detected by existing sequencing techniques because these methods do not have the required sensitivity.

1 Sep 2020

Agricultural Research Service releases genomic data of Asian giant hornets

The first complete genome of the Asian giant hornet has been released by a team of Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists.

7 Aug 2020

Coastal urbanization increases contamination in seafood

The first landmark study using next-generation technology to comprehensively examine contaminants in oysters in Myanmar reveals alarming findings: the widespread presence of human bacterial pathogens and human-derived microdebris materials, including plastics, kerosene, paint, talc and milk supplement powders.

31 Jul 2020

DNA sequencing shows temperature impacts the resilience and reproductive success of trees

A closer look at DNA from south-western Australia's native Nuytsia floribunda, known as the WA Christmas Tree, has found that temperature, rather than rainfall, impacts the tree's resilience and reproductive success.

23 Jul 2020

Study focuses on how relationship between plants and microbes responds to drought conditions

Just below ground, an ancient and poorly understood relationship plays out between plants and microbes that infuse the soil.

17 Jul 2020

Study unravels the mysteries of variation in microbiome composition

Oregon State University researchers have made a key advance in understanding how timing impacts the way microorganisms colonize plants, a step that could provide farmers an important tool to boost agricultural production.

17 Jul 2020

DNA sequencing method maps long-range connections between brain regions

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) has developed a novel method that employs DNA sequencing to efficiently plot long-range connections between various brain regions.

15 Jul 2020

Genomics study in Black Americans could lead to precision prostate cancer therapies

Black men in the United States are known to suffer disproportionately from prostate cancer, but few studies have investigated whether genetic differences in prostate tumors could have anything to do with these health disparities.

13 Jul 2020

Study explains why human mitochondrial genomes mutate frequently

One could say that mitochondria, the energy-producing organelles inside every human cell, dance to their own beat.

10 Jul 2020

Molecular landscape of myelodysplastic/myeloproliferative neoplasms revealed

Myelodysplastic/myeloproliferative neoplasms (MDS/MPN) is a group of rare malignancies with overlapping features from myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) and myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPN), that include a variety of diseases depending on their phenotype (hematological and morphological characteristics).

3 Jul 2020