Genetics and Genomics News and Research

Latest Genetics and Genomics News and Research

Study Reveals Direct Impact of Sound on Cellular Activity

The intense feeling one gets from powerful sounds, like a jet engine at takeoff or booming concert speakers, is not just in the head and ears – the cells might be sensing it too.

17 Apr 2025

Researchers Develop Quantum-AI Platform to Predict Antimicrobial Resistance in Salmonella

SARPLLM leverages large language modeling and quantum algorithms to predict Salmonella AMR, offering robust analysis and user-friendly data visualization tools.

17 Apr 2025

Revealing Noise-Filtering in Basic Circadian Networks

New research has revealed that a simple circadian clock network possesses advanced noise-filtering capabilities, which improves the understanding of how biological circuits maintain accuracy in dynamic environmental contexts.

16 Apr 2025

Study Reveals Muscle Memory at the Protein Level

Researchers have delved into the quantities of thousands of muscle proteins, uncovering a potential new explanation for the phenomenon of muscle memory.

16 Apr 2025

Inherited Genes Play Key Role in Cancer Development

A groundbreaking study has revealed how inherited genetic abnormalities, known as germline variants, play a vital role in the progression of cancer.

16 Apr 2025

ORNL Scientists Develop Fluorescent Biosensor to Track RNA in Plants

Scientists at Oak Ridge National Laboratory have developed a first-ever method of detecting ribonucleic acid, or RNA, inside plant cells using a technique that results in a visible fluorescent signal.

16 Apr 2025

Tumor Recurrence Prediction from Multi-Omics Information by Deep Learning

MULGONET combines deep learning and multi-omics analysis to predict tumor recurrence, addressing interpretability and enhancing cancer prognosis understanding.

16 Apr 2025

Peptide Imitation is the Sincerest Form of Plant Flattery

Industrial farming practices often deplete the soil of important nutrients and minerals, leaving farmers to rely on artificial fertilizers to support plant growth. In fact, fertilizer use has more than quadrupled since the 1960s, but this comes with serious consequences.

16 Apr 2025

Tolerogenic Dendritic Cells in Gut Prevent Allergic Reactions to Food

The immune system must be able to rapidly target invaders such as viruses while avoiding innocuous stimuli, or allergies may develop.

15 Apr 2025

Crucial Details in DNA Repair Processes

Researchers at the University of Birmingham have discovered answers that offer detail to explain two distinct DNA repair pathways that have long been debated.

15 Apr 2025

How P. syringae Outsmarts Amoeba with Chemical Surveillance and Strikes

Pseudomonas syringae's chemical sensing system allows it to kill amoeba predators, showcasing its evolutionary strategies for survival and plant infection.

14 Apr 2025

Complete Reference Genomes Unlocked for Six Ape Species

Comprehensive reference genomes have now been assembled for six ape species: siamang (a Southeast Asian gibbon), Sumatran orangutan, Bornean orangutan, gorilla, bonobo and chimpanzee.

12 Apr 2025

Researchers Develop STITCHR to Insert Whole Genes Without Unwanted Mutations

Investigators from Mass General Brigham and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center have developed STITCHR, a new gene editing tool that can insert therapeutic genes into specific locations without causing unwanted mutations.

12 Apr 2025

New Genetic Insights From Long Read Sequencing in a Teen With Complex Psychiatric Conditions

In a manuscript published today in the American Journal of Psychiatry titled Long-Read Genome Sequencing in Clinical Psychiatry: RFX3 Haploinsufficiency in a Hospitalized Adolescent With Autism, Intellectual Disability, and Behavioral Decompensation, authors describe how they leveraged long-read genomic sequencing (LRS) to make a genetic diagnosis in a17-year-old male with autism spectrum disorder, intellectual disability, and acute behavioral decompensation that would not have been possible by standard methods.

12 Apr 2025

Genetic Sequencing Leads to Major Discovery in Neurodevelopmental Disorders

A seminal study from researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and their collaborators in the United Kingdom, Belgium, Spain, the Netherlands, and Iceland has uncovered a new genetic cause of neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs).

11 Apr 2025

Genetic Variants Offer Clues to Targeted Asthma Treatments

Genome wide association studies (GWAS) have identified hundreds of genome regions containing thousands of genetic variants associated with asthma, but it's still not clear which variants have an actual causal link to the disease.

11 Apr 2025

Novel Microscopy Reveals Two-Stage T-Cell Activation During Viral Infection

The research teams led by Wolfgang Kastenmüller and Georg Gasteiger utilized advanced microscopy techniques to investigate the activation and proliferation of specific immune cells, known as T-cells, during viral infections.

11 Apr 2025

Guinea Pigs as a Robust Model for Human Embryo Research

The initial days of human embryo development, referred to as pre-implantation, are crucial.

11 Apr 2025

Japanese Researchers Develop New Assay to Detect Epigenetic Toxicity

Chemicals used as food preservatives, flavoring agents, dyes, pesticides, cosmetics, cleaners, and other industrial materials are being increasingly recognized as a health hazard.

11 Apr 2025

Breakthrough Delivery System Advances CRISPR-Based Treatments

A research team from Helmholtz Munich and the Technical University of Munich has developed an advanced delivery system that transports gene-editing tools based on the CRISPR/Cas9 gene-editing system into living cells with significantly greater efficiency than before.

10 Apr 2025