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Liver Cancers With Key Epigenetic Alteration Tend to Have a Poor Clinical Prognosis

Researchers at the Josep Carreras Leukaemia Research Institute, led by Dr. Manel Esteller, have discovered a key epigenetic alteration that anticipates the clinical course of liver cancer.

17 May 2023

Study Provides a New Picture of How Bacterial Cells Repair Faulty DNA

A new study adds to an emerging, radically new picture of how bacterial cells continually repair faulty sections of their DNA.

17 May 2023

Single-Cell Omics Reveals Cell Types Involved in the Biosynthesis of Plant Natural Products

In a new study published in Nature Chemical Biology, an international team of researchers from the University of Georgia, USA, and the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology in Jena, Germany, presents a promising strategy for elucidating metabolic pathways for plant compounds of medicinal importance.

16 May 2023

Brain-Wide Mapping Reveals How Serotonin Affects Animal Behavior

Because serotonin is one of the primary chemicals the brain uses to influence mood and behavior, it is also the most common target of psychiatric drugs.

16 May 2023

Study Implicates RNA Molecules as New Players in Esophageal Cancer

Irregularities in the body's genetic coding to make proteins are linked to cancerous tumors. But most genetic material contains elements whose function isn't clear.

16 May 2023

First Humanized Mouse Model for Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia Developed

Mice with a defected human gene responsible for a rare genetic disease, called congenital adrenal hyperplasia, have been developed for the first time.

16 May 2023

New Protein That is Responsible for Giving Strawberries the Red Color

The University of Córdoba’s research team has identified a novel transcription factor that controls the development of the anthocyanins that give strawberries their distinctive red color as the fruit ripens.

16 May 2023

An In-Depth Analysis of the Human Genome Using the New “Pangenome”

The Human Genome Project, which began in April 2003, contributed to the revolutionization of biomedical research by giving researchers a reference map that allowed them to scan DNA sequences for genetic clues about the causes of a variety of diseases.

16 May 2023

Cell-to-Cell Genetic Module Exchange for Crop Evolution

According to a recent study conducted by researchers at New York University, comparing individual cells from corn, sorghum, and millet indicates discrepancies in these significant cereal crops’ evolutionary history.

From New York University (NYU) 16 May 2023

Tracking Antimicrobial Resistance Trends in Commensal Escherichia Coli Isolated From Swine

The spread of drug-resistant microbes has become a global health concern that threatens our ability to treat infections.

15 May 2023

NIH Common Fund Selects New York Genome Center as Multi-Grant Recipient Under SMaHT Network

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Common Fund has selected the New York Genome Center (NYGC) as a multi-grant recipient under the Somatic Mosaicism across Human Tissues (SMaHT) Network.

15 May 2023

New Probabilistic Model Unifies the Generation and Inference for Single-Cell, Spatial Omics Data

UCLA researchers have developed an "all-in-one," next-generation statistical simulator capable of assimilating a wide range of information to generate realistic synthetic data and provide a benchmarking tool for medical and biological researchers who use advanced technologies to study diseases and potential therapies.

12 May 2023

Study Demonstrates the First Molecular Link Between Circatidal and Circadian Clocks

Scientists at UMass Chan Medical School and the Marine Biological Laboratory at Woods Hole have identified the first gene-; Bmal1-; to play a crucial role in regulating circatidal behavior in the crustacean Parhyale hawaiensis.

12 May 2023

Chemical Modification Improves Non-Viral Gene Editing as Well as a New Type of DNA Repair

Gene editing is a powerful method for both research and therapy. Since the advent of the Nobel Prize-winning CRISPR/Cas9 technology, a quick and accurate tool for genome editing discovered in 2012, scientists have been working to explore its capabilities and boost its performance.

12 May 2023

Genetic News and Research

Liver Cancers With Key Epigenetic Alteration Tend to Have a Poor Clinical Prognosis

Study Provides a New Picture of How Bacterial Cells Repair Faulty DNA

Single-Cell Omics Reveals Cell Types Involved in the Biosynthesis of Plant Natural Products

Brain-Wide Mapping Reveals How Serotonin Affects Animal Behavior

Study Implicates RNA Molecules as New Players in Esophageal Cancer

First Humanized Mouse Model for Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia Developed

New Protein That is Responsible for Giving Strawberries the Red Color

An In-Depth Analysis of the Human Genome Using the New “Pangenome”

Cell-to-Cell Genetic Module Exchange for Crop Evolution

Tracking Antimicrobial Resistance Trends in Commensal Escherichia Coli Isolated From Swine

NIH Common Fund Selects New York Genome Center as Multi-Grant Recipient Under SMaHT Network

New Probabilistic Model Unifies the Generation and Inference for Single-Cell, Spatial Omics Data

Study Demonstrates the First Molecular Link Between Circatidal and Circadian Clocks

Chemical Modification Improves Non-Viral Gene Editing as Well as a New Type of DNA Repair

Researchers Show a Second Key Gene Involved in Malaria's Resistance to Chloroquine

Understanding How Cell-to-Cell Communication Networks Drive Pancreatic Cancer Development

Prime Editing System Could Accelerate the Study of Cancer-Linked Mutations

How the Natural Process of DNA Repair Fails to Cause Disease

Scientists Engineer the First CRISPR-Based Drug Candidate to Directly Target E. Coli

Patients With Motor Neuron Disease and Frontotemporal Dementia Carry the Same Genetic Defects

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