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Genomic Discoveries Reveal How Wild Plants Survive Extreme Altitude Shifts

A research team from the South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, has revealed the genomic basis of altitudinal adaptation in the widespread annual herb Capsella bursa-pastoris (L.) Medik. (shepherd's purse), a close relative of model plant Arabidopsis thaliana.

29 Jul 2026

Study Provides New Insights for the Development of Novel Antifungal Drug Targets

This study was conducted by the research group of Professor Liao Guojian from the College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Southwest University. Candidate genes potentially involved in lysine synthesis in C. neoformans were identified and knocked out.

29 Jul 2026

Scientists Discover How Brain Cells Overcome the Effects of a Disease-Causing Genetic Deletion

Scientists at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC have discovered how an experimental therapy can help brain cells overcome the effects of a disease-causing genetic deletion.

29 Jul 2026

Genetic Breakthrough Allows Early Prediction of Avocado Tree Flower Trait

Scientists have found a genetic switch that could shave years off avocado breeding by allowing researchers to identify one of a young tree's most important traits long before it flowers.

29 Jul 2026

New Framework Uses Genetic Variant Data to Recall Biobank Participants

Clinical biobanks that combine genomic data with electronic health records (EHRs) have become powerful resources for discovering genetic variants associated with disease.

28 Jul 2026

3D Mapping of Tonsil Genetic Structures Unlocks Antibody Optimization

About 2 meters worth of genetic material must fit into the nucleus of each and every one of most of our trillions of cells, coiling and winding to form what looks like a tangled mess.

28 Jul 2026

Synthetic Biology Breakthrough Rebuilds Basic Features of Cellular Life

Nature is beautiful, powerful and essential. But nature is not always gentle. The same biological world that gives rise to forests, coral reefs and human life also produces infections, cancer, genetic disease, crop blights and toxins.

24 Jul 2026

Scientists Uncover Unexpected Mechanism Behind Extreme Antibiotic Resistance

A patient with a severe infection is prescribed a potent antibiotic. Hopes for improvement are high, but just after treatment is given, resistance to the drug increases thousands of times. How could this happen?

24 Jul 2026

Study Reveals How Genome Regulation Changes During Brain Aging

Researchers have discovered that the human brain undergoes widespread age-related changes in genome regulation beginning in midlife that may help explain why aging is the greatest risk factor for neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's.

24 Jul 2026

AI-Assisted Protein Tools Guide Design of Synthetic Plant Immune Receptors

Crop production faces threats from plant pathogens. Traditional disease-resistance breeding relies heavily on natural plant resistance genes that encode immune receptors adapted to particular pathogens.

24 Jul 2026

Scientists Discover Altered 3D Genome Structure in Alzheimer’s Brains

Researchers from Carnegie Mellon University's School of Computer Science, the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and the University of Washington shed new light on Alzheimer's disease that could point to new directions for treatment.

24 Jul 2026

Chemotherapy Leaves Distinct DNA Changes in Childhood Tumors

Nearly half of childhood tumors treated with common types of chemotherapy showed detectable DNA changes linked to treatment within 18 months, according to a new international study led by The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids).

24 Jul 2026

Tapeworm Makes Ants Live Longer

A tapeworm fundamentally changes the lives of ants: Workers of the species Temnothorax nylanderi that are infected with the tapeworm Anomotaenia brevis live several times longer than their uninfected nestmates.

24 Jul 2026

CRISPR Gene Editing Reveals How Enhancer Hierarchies Regulate Gene Expression

Enhancers are pieces of DNA that act like switches, regulating when genes are turned on and off and how strongly they are activated.

23 Jul 2026

Bacteria Use CRISPR-Cas to Control Diverse Innate Defense Systems

All cellular life-from humans to bacteria-possesses two layers of immunity: innate and adaptive. Scientists have long understood how these two types of immunity work together in higher organisms but not in the microbial world.

23 Jul 2026

Understanding How Sea Anemones Reorganize and Regenerate From Disorganized Cells

Researchers at the University of Vienna have discovered a key mechanism that enables sea anemones to regenerate into a fully developed organism from disorganized clusters of cells.

22 Jul 2026

New Research Explains How Toxoplasma Parasite Bookmarks Its Genes

A parasite carried by billions of people worldwide often causes harmful infections during pregnancy, in immunocompromised individuals, and is the cause of a leading infectious blindness in South America.

22 Jul 2026

UC San Diego and Innovative Genomics Institute Partner to Develop Cutting-Edge Genomic Tools

The University of California San Diego and the Innovative Genomics Institute (IGI), founded by Nobel laureate and CRISPR gene editing co-discoverer Jennifer Doudna, announced a new partnership today to jointly develop cutting-edge genomic tools for addressing large-scale challenges in health and the environment.

21 Jul 2026

CRISPR Technology Enables First Successful Gene Editing in Biting Midges

Scientists have successfully edited the genome of biting midges, opening the door to new research on how these insects transmit disease.

20 Jul 2026

Female Hearts Rely on Molecular Safeguard to Avoid Failure

Men and women are not born with the same risk of heart disease, and for decades scientists have struggled to explain why. A new study from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, published in Genes & Development, offers a striking answer: the female heart depends on a molecular safeguard that the male heart can largely do without - and when that safeguard is removed, female hearts fail while male hearts keep beating.

20 Jul 2026