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New genetic treatment removes antibiotic resistance from bacteria

Jane and Aatos Erkko foundation has awarded University of Jyväskylä'sAcademy Research Fellow Matti Jalasvuori's research group 255 000 euro grant for investigating the conjugative transfer of anti-antibiotic resistance genetic elements.

12 Apr 2019

Large-scale screen of mouse mutants reveals 38 new genes involved in hearing loss

A large-scale screen of mouse mutants has revealed multiple new genes involved in hearing loss, according to a study publishing April 11 in the open-access journal PLOS Biology by Karen Steel of King’s College London and the Wellcome Sanger Institute, and colleagues.

12 Apr 2019

Johns Hopkins scientists design new cell model of aging-associated colon cancer risk

Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center researchers say a new study of clusters of mouse cells known as "organoids" has significantly strengthened evidence that epigenetic changes, common to aging, play a essential role in colon cancer initiation.

12 Apr 2019

DNA fragments from ancient hominins reveal new branches of the Denisovan lineage

It's widely accepted that anatomically modern humans interbred with their close relatives, the Neanderthals and Denisovans, as they dispersed out of Africa.

12 Apr 2019

Arc Bio launches unique NGS-based metagenomics platform for pathogen detection

Arc Bio today revealed the second offering in its Galileo product line: a comprehensive next-generation sequencing test for the monitoring of post-transplant patients.

12 Apr 2019

Modern humans interbred with multiple Denisovan populations, suggests study

The findings are based on a new study led by Murray Cox from Massey University in New Zealand and made possible by sampling efforts led by Herawati Sudoyo from the Eijkman Institute for Molecular Biology in Jakarta, Indonesia.

12 Apr 2019

Ohio researchers investigate racial disparity in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

Two top researchers at the Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine are working with two other institutions on a federally funded project to investigate why Hispanics are more prone to develop non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.

12 Apr 2019

Researchers discover unique approach to treat some chronic inflammatory diseases

Inflammation is a balanced physiological response -- the body needs it to eliminate invasive organisms and foreign irritants, but excessive inflammation can harm healthy cells, contributing to aging and chronic diseases.

12 Apr 2019

FDA offers funding to create the most advanced living mimicry of a human lung

The University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus announced the funding of $3.4 million by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to create the most advanced living mimicry of a human lung to identify toxicity and cancer-causing potential of emerging tobacco products.

12 Apr 2019

Study describes vulnerability shared by large subset of cancer cell lines

Cancer cells adapt to potentially fatal mutations and other molecular malfunctions by adjusting one or more other genes' activity, in the process becoming dependent on those genes for their survival and growth.

12 Apr 2019

Rare gut condition is more predictable from individual's genetic makeup, study finds

Hirschsprung disease - a rare condition where the failure of gut nerves to develop before birth leads to impaired bowel contractions that prevent infants from passing stool - is more predictable from an individual's genetic makeup than previously envisioned.

11 Apr 2019

Bacteria share genes with one another, even across tissue boundaries

Bacteria in the human body are sharing genes with one another at a higher rate than is typically seen in nature, and some of those genes appear to be traveling - independent of their microbial hosts - from one part of the body to another, researchers report in the journal Scientific Reports.

11 Apr 2019

Scientists develop new approach to unravel toxic effects of multiple stressors

Genomic markers are the key in a new approach for assessing the toxic effects arising from exposure to multiple stressors.

11 Apr 2019

Hundreds of new anti-cancer drug targets identified using CRISPR

A team of scientists from the Wellcome Sanger Institute have identified the genes that are essential for the survival of thirty types of cancer cells.

11 Apr 2019

Researchers discover pathway contributing to fatty liver disease

Researchers from Karolinska Institutet have found a protein that is a critical regulator in the development of fatty liver disease in mice, according to a study published in the journal Nature Communications.

11 Apr 2019

Active lifestyle influences regenerative capacity of neurons after spinal cord injury

The influence of an active lifestyle on the regenerative capacity of the peripheral nervous system, that is, the set of cranial and spinal nerves that control motor and sensory functions, is described here for the first time, explains Ángel Barco, who has led the participation of the Institute of Neurosciences UMH-CSIC, in Alicante, in this international study.

11 Apr 2019

Genes News and Research

New genetic treatment removes antibiotic resistance from bacteria

Large-scale screen of mouse mutants reveals 38 new genes involved in hearing loss

Johns Hopkins scientists design new cell model of aging-associated colon cancer risk

DNA fragments from ancient hominins reveal new branches of the Denisovan lineage

Arc Bio launches unique NGS-based metagenomics platform for pathogen detection

Modern humans interbred with multiple Denisovan populations, suggests study

Ohio researchers investigate racial disparity in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

Researchers discover unique approach to treat some chronic inflammatory diseases

FDA offers funding to create the most advanced living mimicry of a human lung

Study describes vulnerability shared by large subset of cancer cell lines

Rare gut condition is more predictable from individual's genetic makeup, study finds

Bacteria share genes with one another, even across tissue boundaries

Scientists develop new approach to unravel toxic effects of multiple stressors

Hundreds of new anti-cancer drug targets identified using CRISPR

Researchers discover pathway contributing to fatty liver disease

Active lifestyle influences regenerative capacity of neurons after spinal cord injury

New strategy for editing and repairing genetic mutation associated with microduplications

German Research Foundation recently approves new research unit

Researchers find presence of Aire gene in lymph nodes

Active lifestyles may help damaged nerves to regenerate after spinal cord injury

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