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New approach promises to forecast cultivar resistance at much earlier stage

Bacterial wilt devastates food crops all over the world. It destroys major crop plants such as tomatoes, potatoes, bananas, ginger and pepper. It occurs in many countries and attacks over 200 plant species.

27 Sep 2018

Mapping the trillion cells in the human body

The human body is made up of 100 trillion cells and a team of scientists are now planning on cataloguing and imaging each of these cells in the body and creating a 3D human body map.

26 Sep 2018

Researchers to build 3D map of human cells and tissues

Researchers at CMU are working with the NIH to build 3D map of human cells and tissues as part of the Human BioMolecular Atlas Program (HuBMAP).

26 Sep 2018

NIH-funded genome centers to speed up breakthroughs in precision medicine

The All of Us Research Program awarded funds totaling $28.6 million to establish three genome centers around the country. These centers will begin to generate genomic data from biosamples contributed by the program's participants.

26 Sep 2018

Cancer Research UK, Keystone Symposia collaborate for cancer-related research

Keystone Symposia and Cancer Research UK are pleased to announce their new collaboration consisting of a series of annual cancer-related scientific research conferences organized by Keystone Symposia in collaboration with Cancer Research UK.

26 Sep 2018

Driver gene mutations found to be common for cancer metastases

Driver genes in different metastases from the same patient are remarkably similar, providing optimism for the success of future targeted therapies, according to a published study by Science.

25 Sep 2018

Researchers now confirm that genome duplication drives evolution of species

Many wild and cultivated plants arise through the combination of two different species. The genome of these so-called polyploid species often consists of a quadruple set of chromosomes - a double set for each parental species - and thus has about twice as many genes as the original species.

25 Sep 2018

Environmentally-induced gene activity influences IQ test performance

Is there a link between differences in IQ test performance and the activity of certain genes? Researchers from Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin have shown that modifications in the structure of a specific gene have a negative impact on individual test performance.

25 Sep 2018

Gene therapy approach could help treat mitochondrial diseases

Researchers have developed a genome-editing tool for the potential treatment of mitochondrial diseases: serious and often fatal conditions which affect 1 in 5,000 people.

24 Sep 2018

New study finds height as possible risk factor for developing varicose veins

The taller you are, the more likely you are to develop varicose veins, according to a study led by Stanford University School of Medicine researchers that examined the genes of more than 400,000 people in search of clues to what causes this common but little understood condition.

24 Sep 2018

Ecstasy drug makes octopuses more social

When people take MDMA, the drug popularly known as ecstasy, a rush of serotonin, dopamine, and oxytocin produces feelings of emotional closeness and euphoria, making people more interested than they would normally be in connecting and sharing with other people.

24 Sep 2018

Study provides evidence of beta lactamase producing, antimicrobial resistant E. coli in U.S. retail meat

A new study using antimicrobial susceptibility testing and whole genome sequencing to test extended spectrum beta lactamase producing E. coli isolated from cattle for food production and from various retail meat products has shown that all were resistant to at least three antimicrobial classes.

24 Sep 2018

USC research uncovers previously unknown genetic risk factor for dementia

New research from USC has uncovered a previously unknown genetic risk factor for Alzheimer's disease and related dementias. The study provides insights on how these conditions, and other diseases of aging, might one day be treated and prevented.

21 Sep 2018

Overlooked immune cells could play a key role in cancer immunotherapy, claims new study

Cancer immunotherapy is a relatively new method of treating cancer and has succeeded with some refractory tumors. However, it doesn’t always work, why not?

21 Sep 2018

Scientists report conserved role for serotonin in mediating social behavior in octopus, humans

The mood-altering drug MDMA - which promotes positive, friendly social interactions in humans by inhibiting serotonin uptake in nerve cells - has a similar behavioral effect in an octopus species, scientists report today.

21 Sep 2018

Under the sea, in an octopus' garden on ecstacy - neuroresearch

A new study has found that when octopuses are intoxicated with MDMA, they act like humans who are high on the same drug. This has led to speculations that humans and octopuses could have an evolutionary link.

21 Sep 2018

Dopamine neurons may involve in conditions ranging from Parkinson's disease to schizophrenia

Dopamine neurons are located in the midbrain, but their tendril-like axons can branch far into the higher cortical areas, influencing how we move and how we feel.

21 Sep 2018

New research finds that MHC-II molecules have more influence on tumors than MHC-I

Cancer immunotherapy -- efforts to boost a patient's own immune system, allowing it to better fight cancer cells on its own -- has shown great promise for some previously intractable cancers.

21 Sep 2018

Scientists find wild African monkeys infected with bacterium that causes syphilis, yaws in humans

An international research team, led by scientists from the German Primate Center, the Robert Koch Institute, the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, McGill University, Masaryk University, the University of Tübingen and the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, has successfully recovered genomes of the bacterium Treponema pallidum, which causes syphilis and yaws in humans, from wild nonhuman primate populations across sub-Saharan Africa.

20 Sep 2018

CWRU receives NIH grant to learn how non-coding genes contribute to spread of colorectal cancer

Certain genes that code for proteins have long been known to contribute to cancer progression. But in a frame shift, researchers from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine recently found that non-coding genes also contribute to the development and spreading of the disease, one of the first known examples of researchers doing so.

20 Sep 2018

Genome News and Research

New approach promises to forecast cultivar resistance at much earlier stage

Mapping the trillion cells in the human body

Researchers to build 3D map of human cells and tissues

NIH-funded genome centers to speed up breakthroughs in precision medicine

Cancer Research UK, Keystone Symposia collaborate for cancer-related research

Driver gene mutations found to be common for cancer metastases

Researchers now confirm that genome duplication drives evolution of species

Environmentally-induced gene activity influences IQ test performance

Gene therapy approach could help treat mitochondrial diseases

New study finds height as possible risk factor for developing varicose veins

Ecstasy drug makes octopuses more social

Study provides evidence of beta lactamase producing, antimicrobial resistant E. coli in U.S. retail meat

USC research uncovers previously unknown genetic risk factor for dementia

Overlooked immune cells could play a key role in cancer immunotherapy, claims new study

Scientists report conserved role for serotonin in mediating social behavior in octopus, humans

Under the sea, in an octopus' garden on ecstacy - neuroresearch

Dopamine neurons may involve in conditions ranging from Parkinson's disease to schizophrenia

New research finds that MHC-II molecules have more influence on tumors than MHC-I

Scientists find wild African monkeys infected with bacterium that causes syphilis, yaws in humans

CWRU receives NIH grant to learn how non-coding genes contribute to spread of colorectal cancer

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