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Baylor study reveals role of newly inherited DNA variants in recessive diseases

You have your mother's eyes and your father's smile, but genetics is much more than just what's on the surface.

10 Apr 2024

Enhancer-gene mapping with SCENT method offers insights into disease mechanisms

Genetic studies of diseases map segments of the genome driving disease. But to understand how those changes contribute to disease progression, it is important to understand how they may alter gene regulation of disease genes in cell populations assumed to be driving disease.

10 Apr 2024

Patent submission for Optimer® binders in cosmetic products

Aptamer Group plc, the developer of novel Optimer® binders to enable innovation in the life sciences industry, today announces that it has filed a patent application to protect the recently developed Optimer binder sequences for novel applications in fast moving consumer goods generated as part of its partnership with Unilever.

From Aptamer Group 10 Apr 2024

Bio-Techne surpasses 10,000 peer-reviewed publications citing RNAscope technology

Bio-Techne Corporation today announced that Advanced Cell Diagnostics (ACD), part of Bio-Techne's Spatial Biology Division, has surpassed 10,000 peer-reviewed publications referencing the use and application of RNAscope™ ISH technology.

From Bio-Techne 9 Apr 2024

Specific genetic mutations found to be responsible for Dubin-Johnson syndrome

Researchers in China and Italy have made a significant breakthrough in understanding Dubin-Johnson syndrome (DJS), a rare inherited liver disorder.

9 Apr 2024

Researchers compile a comprehensive catalog of bacteria living in cancer metastases

Researchers at the Netherlands Cancer Institute have compiled a detailed catalog of bacteria living in cancer metastases.

9 Apr 2024

Researchers elucidate how gene mutation mechanism causes autism

Researchers show how mutations of gene transcription and chromatin regulation-related genes cause autism.

9 Apr 2024

Bruker showcases high-performance solutions at Analytica 2024 for research and analysis in applied, industrial and biopharma laboratories

Bruker Corporation is showcasing some of its latest innovations at Analytica 2024:

From Bruker 9 Apr 2024

Fluent BioSciences awarded NIH SBIR grant to commercialize low-cost million-cell transcriptome profiling kits

Fluent BioSciences, a cutting-edge life sciences company leading the charge in revolutionizing single-cell analysis through simple, cost-effective, and highly scalable single-cell RNA sequencing solutions is thrilled to announce the award of an NIH Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II grant, funded by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS, 2 R44 GM137648).

From Fluent Biosciences 9 Apr 2024

Novel signaling pathway identified in lysosome damage response

Lysosomes are surrounded by a lipid bilayer that separates the acidic environment and the digestive enzymes of the organelle from the cytoplasm.

8 Apr 2024

Novel therapeutic approach identified for overcoming resistance in B-cell leukemia

Despite having an overall survival rate of 94%, B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (B-ALL), the most common childhood cancer, can prove challenging to treat, with survival among relapsed or resistant cases falling between 30-50%.

8 Apr 2024

Pioneering vaccine strategy promises to outmaneuver antimicrobial resistance

Study introduces Reverse Vaccine Development as a strategic approach to identify correlates of protection early in vaccine development against antimicrobial-resistant pathogens, aiming to mitigate risks such as significant phase-III clinical trial failures.

7 Apr 2024

Tiktaalik fossil reveals key step in evolution of walking

Before the evolution of legs from fins, the axial skeleton -; including the bones of the head, neck, back and ribs -; was already going through changes that would eventually help our ancestors support their bodies to walk on land.

5 Apr 2024

Researchers develop first genetic maps for disease-linked DNA repeats

A research team led by the University of California, Irvine has built the first genetic reference maps for short lengths of DNA repeated multiple times which are known to cause more than 50 lethal human diseases, including amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Huntington's disease and multiple cancers.

5 Apr 2024

Mitochondrial fusion critical for adult neurogenesis and brain circuit refinement

Nerve cells (neurons) are amongst the most complex cell types in our body. They achieve this complexity during development by extending ramified branches called dendrites and axons and establishing thousands of synapses to form intricate networks.

5 Apr 2024

Language model uses powers of semantic representation to design more effective mRNA vaccines

The same class of artificial intelligence that made headlines coding software and passing the bar exam has learned to read a different kind of text -; the genetic code.

5 Apr 2024

New method to evaluate enzymes opens path to ferroptosis-targeting cancer drugs

New research could pave the way to develop cancer drugs targeting an enzyme that inhibits ferroptosis, a type of cell death.

5 Apr 2024

Modeled human embryo produces a membrane that surrounds the developing embryo

A MedUni Vienna study team led by geneticist Markus Hengstschläger has used a stem cell model to model the earliest stages of embryonic development and to characterize the membrane that surrounds the embryo, conferring shape and stability.

5 Apr 2024

Neuroscientists identify age-defying RNAs in the brain

Certain RNA molecules in the nerve cells in the brain last a life time without being renewed. Neuroscientists from Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) have now demonstrated that this is the case together with researchers from Germany, Austria and the USA.

5 Apr 2024

UC San Diego researchers discover genetic connections to alcohol consumption

A research group centered at the University of California San Diego School of Medicine has drilled deep into a dataset of over 3 million individuals compiled by the direct-to-consumer genetics company 23andMe, Inc., and found intriguing connections between genetic factors influencing alcohol consumption and their relationship with other disorders.

5 Apr 2024