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Evolutionary history of hosts can predict plants’ susceptibility to pathogens

Powdery mildew is a fungal disease found worldwide and is particularly toxic to plants within the sunflower family.

9 Mar 2021

Targeted immunotherapy could improve radiotherapy response in cancer cells

Cancers that are resistant to radiotherapy could be rendered susceptible through treatment with immunotherapy, a new study suggests.

9 Mar 2021

New gene-drive technologies can help control crop pests

Robust new genetic engineering techniques have given researchers the ability to transform many sectors of global urgency.

From UC San Diego 8 Mar 2021

Mutant protein plays key role in Huntington’s disease

Back in 1993, researchers had discovered that Huntington’s disease is typically caused by a single mutated gene, known as HTT.

8 Mar 2021

Cactus pear could provide biofuel as well as sustainable food and livestock feed

Could cactus pear become a major crop like soybeans and corn in the near future, and help provide a biofuel source, as well as a sustainable food and forage crop?

8 Mar 2021

New way to create eco-friendly fungicides that protect food crops

A new study has revealed an important phase in researchers’ quest to produce targeted and more eco-friendly fungicides that protect food crops.

5 Mar 2021

New automated workflow to identify genetic basis of microbial growth inhibition

Researchers at the Earlham Institute (EI) have created a new automated workflow using liquid handling robots to identify the genetic basis to prevent plant pathogens, which can be used on a much larger and rapid scale than current methods.

5 Mar 2021

Three new COVID-19 variants can evade antibodies that act against original virus

New research at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis indicates that three new, fast-spreading variants of the virus that cause COVID-19 can evade antibodies that work against the original form of the virus that sparked the pandemic.

5 Mar 2021

New software tool enables swift analysis of datasets generated from single-cell sequencing

A new software tool allows researchers to quickly query datasets generated from single-cell sequencing. Users can identify which cell types any combination of genes are active in.

4 Mar 2021

New models can optimize wastewater disinfection process, prevent spread of antibiotic resistance

For almost a century, advances in human healthcare have largely relied on the efficiency through which bacterial diseases can be treated.

3 Mar 2021

Researchers develop genetic patch to eliminate problems in hearing cells

They can hear well up to about forty years old, but then suddenly deafness strikes people with DFNA9. The cells of the inner ear can no longer reverse the damage caused by a genetic defect in their DNA.

3 Mar 2021

New algorithm identifies 'escaping' cells in single-cell CRISPR screens

A team of researchers from New York has developed a new computational tool to help understand the function and regulation of human genes.

3 Mar 2021

New computational tool reveals the function and regulation of human genes

A new computational tool has been developed by a research team from New York to figure out the regulation and function of human genes.

2 Mar 2021

New study on plant metabolism can help produce more food for increasing population

A new study has demonstrated how plants exploit their metabolism to identify time and know when to develop.

2 Mar 2021

New technique reveals the tricks that cancer cells use to avoid immunotherapies

By harnessing the immune system against cancer, immunotherapies have revolutionized the way some types of cancer are treated. But most patients--across cancer types--do not respond, and in most cases, scientists are at a loss as to why.

2 Mar 2021

CRISPR-Cas9 can safeguard future crops under stress from variable climate conditions

Gene editing technology will play a vital role in climate-proofing future crops to protect global food supplies, according to scientists at The University of Queensland.

2 Mar 2021

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

Absence of TRIM37 protein boosts genetic instability in patients with Mulibrey syndrome

Researchers from the Andalusian Centre for Molecular Biology and Regenerative Medicine (CABIMER), in collaboration with the Swiss Institute for Experimental Cancer Research (ISREC) have studied the mechanisms behind the higher tendency of people with Mulibrey syndrome to develop tumors.

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.

From Tianjin Medical University 1 Mar 2021

Study reveals mechanism through which plant hormone controls cell division

The mechanism through which cytokinin—a plant hormone—regulates the division of cells has been identified.

26 Feb 2021

Genes News and Research

Evolutionary history of hosts can predict plants’ susceptibility to pathogens

Targeted immunotherapy could improve radiotherapy response in cancer cells

New gene-drive technologies can help control crop pests

Mutant protein plays key role in Huntington’s disease

Cactus pear could provide biofuel as well as sustainable food and livestock feed

New way to create eco-friendly fungicides that protect food crops

New automated workflow to identify genetic basis of microbial growth inhibition

Three new COVID-19 variants can evade antibodies that act against original virus

New software tool enables swift analysis of datasets generated from single-cell sequencing

New models can optimize wastewater disinfection process, prevent spread of antibiotic resistance

Researchers develop genetic patch to eliminate problems in hearing cells

New algorithm identifies 'escaping' cells in single-cell CRISPR screens

New computational tool reveals the function and regulation of human genes

New study on plant metabolism can help produce more food for increasing population

New technique reveals the tricks that cancer cells use to avoid immunotherapies

CRISPR-Cas9 can safeguard future crops under stress from variable climate conditions

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

Absence of TRIM37 protein boosts genetic instability in patients with Mulibrey syndrome

Two new Alzheimer’s genes discovered

Study reveals mechanism through which plant hormone controls cell division

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