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Gene Expression is the process by which a gene gets turned on in a cell to make RNA and proteins. Gene expression may be measured by looking at the RNA, or the protein made from the RNA, or what the protein does in a cell.

New function of regulatory gene may lead to more productive plant varieties

A team of researchers has confirmed that the SUPERMAN gene also establishes the number of flowers in leguminous plants.

1 Mar 2021

Two new Alzheimer’s genes discovered

AZoLifeSciences speaks to researchers from Tianjin Medical University about their latest research that led to the discovery of two new genes that are linked to Alzheimer's disease.

1 Mar 2021

Molecular mapping of proteins shows promise for treating cancer

Swedish researchers have published novel molecular mapping of proteins that controls the process of cell division—detecting 300 of these proteins.

25 Feb 2021

Researchers identify a type of RNA as therapeutic target for Huntington's treatment

Huntington's disease is caused by a mutation in the Huntingtin gene (HTT), which appears in adults and features motor, cognitive and psychiatric alterations.

24 Feb 2021

Fungal hybridization confers greater adaptive potential in Verticillium longisporum

Several plant pathogens belong to the genus Verticillium and affect many different plant hosts.

24 Feb 2021

Study reveals specialized mechanism for translation of mitochondrial genome into proteins

An international collaboration among researchers from Finland, Sweden, UK and the USA has captured ribosomes translating messenger RNA expressed from the maternally inherited mitochondrial genome.

23 Feb 2021

Jumping genes are an important force in the creation of new genes during evolution, shows study

In the same way that Lego pieces can be arranged in new ways to build a variety of structures, genetic elements can be mixed and matched to create new genes, according to new research.

23 Feb 2021

Color morphs speak of the coral's resilience to high temperatures

Anyone who visits the Great Barrier Reef in Australia, Southeast Asia's coral triangle, or the reefs of Central America, will surely speak of how stunning and vibrant these environments are.

22 Feb 2021

New tool helps decode the language used by cells

A new tool developed by an multidisciplinary team of mathematicians and biologists from the University of California, Irvine could help decode the language used by cells to interact with each other.

22 Feb 2021

Machine learning approach to identify drugs that could be repurposed to fight Covid-19

When the Covid-19 pandemic struck in early 2020, doctors and researchers rushed to find effective treatments.

16 Feb 2021

Animal model yields important insights into T cell exhaustion

T lymphocytes, or T cells, are an important component of our immune system. They can recognize foreign proteins, so-called antigens, as peptide fragments - for instance, those derived from viruses or cancer cells.

15 Feb 2021

Study reveals key process by which plants switch between different stress responses

To design effective strategies that protect significant agricultural crops from climate change, it is important to understand how plants react to stressful environmental conditions.

15 Feb 2021

Study examines the largest and most diverse genetic sequencing data sets

Researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) and their colleagues published a new analysis today in the journal Nature from genetic sequencing data of more than 53,000 individuals, primarily from minority populations.

11 Feb 2021

New protein quality control system could enhance full-length translation in bacteria

Professor Sang Woo’s research group has designed a synthetic protein quality control system to improve the full-length translation in bacteria.

9 Feb 2021

Ancestral backgrounds can influence Alzheimer's disease risk, finds study

Genetics contributes to the risk of developing Alzheimer's disease, and the APOE gene is the strongest genetic risk factor, specifically the APOE4 allele.

5 Feb 2021

Noncoding RNA plays key role in sepsis, regulates inflammatory gene expression

Sepsis can result when the body’s immune response to a specific infection gets out of control.

2 Feb 2021

LEAFY protein licenses cell reprogramming to floral fate

Cells don't express all the genes they contain all the time. The portion of our genome that encodes eye color, for example, doesn't need to be turned on in liver cells. In plants, genes encoding the structure of a flower can be turned off in cells that will form a leaf.

28 Jan 2021

Genetic changes in tumors could help predict patient's response to immunotherapy drugs

Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute, the UCL Cancer Institute, and the Cancer Research UK Lung Cancer Centre of Excellence have identified genetic changes in tumours which could be used to predict if immunotherapy drugs would be effective in individual patients.

28 Jan 2021

Two enzymes drive pre-cancer stem cells into malignancy

Since stem cells can continually self-regenerate, making more stem cells, and differentiate into many different specialized cell types, they play an important role in our development and health.

27 Jan 2021

New computational technique accurately differentiates between normal and cancer cells

Scientists have created a new method to precisely differentiate between data from a wide range of normal cells and cancer cells found inside tumor samples.

19 Jan 2021

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New function of regulatory gene may lead to more productive plant varieties

Two new Alzheimer’s genes discovered

Molecular mapping of proteins shows promise for treating cancer

Researchers identify a type of RNA as therapeutic target for Huntington's treatment

Fungal hybridization confers greater adaptive potential in Verticillium longisporum

Study reveals specialized mechanism for translation of mitochondrial genome into proteins

Jumping genes are an important force in the creation of new genes during evolution, shows study

Color morphs speak of the coral's resilience to high temperatures

New tool helps decode the language used by cells

Machine learning approach to identify drugs that could be repurposed to fight Covid-19

Animal model yields important insights into T cell exhaustion

Study reveals key process by which plants switch between different stress responses

Study examines the largest and most diverse genetic sequencing data sets

New protein quality control system could enhance full-length translation in bacteria

Ancestral backgrounds can influence Alzheimer's disease risk, finds study

Noncoding RNA plays key role in sepsis, regulates inflammatory gene expression

LEAFY protein licenses cell reprogramming to floral fate

Genetic changes in tumors could help predict patient's response to immunotherapy drugs

Two enzymes drive pre-cancer stem cells into malignancy

New computational technique accurately differentiates between normal and cancer cells

Two new Alzheimer’s genes discovered

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