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Researchers identify genetic cause of novel myoclonic epilepsy in dogs

Researh groups from the University of Helsinki, the LMU Munich and the University of Guelph have described in collaboration a novel myoclonic epilepsy in dogs and identified its genetic cause.

21 Feb 2017

Scientists engineer smallest CRISPR-Cas9 system to date

Scientists at the Center for Genome Engineering, within the Institute for Basic Science0, in collaboration with KIM Eunji and KIM Jeong Hun have engineered the smallest CRISPR-Cas9 to date, delivered it to the muscle cells and in the eyes of mice via adeno-associated viruses and used it to modify a gene causing blindness.

21 Feb 2017

Cancer cells adapt nerve cell mechanisms to fuel aggressive tumor growth and spread

How we think and fall in love are controlled by lightning-fast electrochemical signals across synapses, the dynamic spaces between nerve cells. Until now, nobody knew that cancer cells can repurpose tools of neuronal communication to fuel aggressive tumor growth and spread.

21 Feb 2017

Researchers develop novel in vivo model for studying pancreatic cancer

Researchers at Okayama University report in the December 2016 issue of the American Journal of Cancer Research a novel in vivo model for the study of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) tumors.

21 Feb 2017

Promega introduces new Spectrum Compact CE System for high quality DNA analysis

Soon scientists will be able to perform efficient DNA analysis right at their bench.

From Promega Corporation 21 Feb 2017

Multi-disciplinary project receives £390,000 grant to discover genetic cause of epilepsy

The University of Liverpool has received a £390,000 grant from Medical Research Council to conduct research into how mutations in genes can cause epilepsy.

20 Feb 2017

Genomic analysis of brain tumor helps doctors keep cancer at bay for five years

An analysis of a patient's deadly brain tumor helped doctors at Smilow Cancer Hospital identify new emerging mutations and keep a 55-year old woman alive for more than five years, researchers report in the journal Genome Medicine.

17 Feb 2017

Targeting tumor suppressor protein could be effective treatment for some AML patients, study suggests

Researchers in Germany have discovered that a tumor suppressor protein thought to prevent acute myeloid leukemia (AML) can actually promote a particularly deadly form of the disease.

17 Feb 2017

Scientists attempt to slow down ageing using novel compound

A group of Russian and Swedish scientists just published a breakthrough paper, reporting results of a joint study by Lomonosov Moscow State University and Stockholm university. The article was published in the US journal Aging.

17 Feb 2017

MRC researchers discover genetic 'switch' that plays key role in Parkinson's disease

A genetic 'switch' has been discovered by MRC researchers at the University of Leicester which could help to prevent or delay the symptoms of Parkinson's disease.

17 Feb 2017

DNAstack provides key support to strengthen global Internet of Genomics

Even though 60% of the global population resides in the African and Asian continents, only a small portion of these genomes have been sequenced, representing less than 0.2% of data currently collected. There are more than 4 billion people who are not represented well with the current genome sequencing efforts.

17 Feb 2017

Rutgers researcher to play key role in federal project aimed at designing TIPs to fight influenza virus

They're called TIPs and their task would be to infiltrate and outcompete influenza, HIV, Ebola and other viruses.

17 Feb 2017

Scientists map vast spider web of cancer proteins to reveal new drug targets

Scientists at Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University have mapped a vast spider web of interactions between proteins in lung cancer cells, as part of an effort to reach what was considered "undruggable."

17 Feb 2017

Doctors use targeted molecular drugs to treat fatal cancerous blood syndromes

Genomic testing of biopsies from patients with deadly, treatment-resistant cancerous blood syndromes called histiocytoses allowed doctors to identify genes fueling the ailments and use targeted molecular drugs to successfully treat them.

16 Feb 2017

UNIGE researchers develop new technique to improve diagnosis of genetic diseases

When a child is conceived, he or she receives DNA from both parents. The child's own genome thus consists of a maternal and a paternal genome. However, some genes — about 100 out of the 20,000 encoded genes— are exclusively expressed either from the maternal or from the paternal genome, with the other copy of the gene remaining silent.

16 Feb 2017

Mutation News and Research

Researchers identify genetic cause of novel myoclonic epilepsy in dogs

Scientists engineer smallest CRISPR-Cas9 system to date

Cancer cells adapt nerve cell mechanisms to fuel aggressive tumor growth and spread

Researchers develop novel in vivo model for studying pancreatic cancer

Promega introduces new Spectrum Compact CE System for high quality DNA analysis

Multi-disciplinary project receives £390,000 grant to discover genetic cause of epilepsy

Genomic analysis of brain tumor helps doctors keep cancer at bay for five years

Targeting tumor suppressor protein could be effective treatment for some AML patients, study suggests

Scientists attempt to slow down ageing using novel compound

MRC researchers discover genetic 'switch' that plays key role in Parkinson's disease

DNAstack provides key support to strengthen global Internet of Genomics

Rutgers researcher to play key role in federal project aimed at designing TIPs to fight influenza virus

Scientists map vast spider web of cancer proteins to reveal new drug targets

Doctors use targeted molecular drugs to treat fatal cancerous blood syndromes

UNIGE researchers develop new technique to improve diagnosis of genetic diseases

Gene therapy treats myotubular myopathy in dogs

Salk scientists use mRNA to successfully treat hemophilia B in mice

Yale researchers find potential new way to combat brain cancer

Researchers discover sulfide-responsive protein that regulates photosynthesis in purple bacteria

Kent researchers identify how Ebola viruses need few mutations to adapt to new host species

Improving healthcare sustainability through carbon data

Managing vibration in IVF laboratories

A New Approach to Preventing Bladder Cancer Recurrence

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