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Researchers identify genetic risk factors contributing to pneumonia susceptibility and severity

Researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and colleagues have identified genetic factors that increase the risk for developing pneumonia and its severe, life-threatening consequences.

21 Jan 2021

A single genetic test can identify the presence and cause of mismatch repair deficiency

Researchers have developed a new integrated genetic/epigenetic DNA-sequencing protocol known as MultiMMR that can identify the presence and cause of mismatch repair (MMR) deficiency in a single test from a small sample of DNA in colon, endometrial, and other cancers.

21 Jan 2021

Using gene therapy to mimic the effects of physical exercise

It sounds too good to be true - and it is. But Jose Bianco Moreira and the CERG research group at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology are convinced that some of the positive health effects of physical exercise can be achieved using gene therapy and medication.

21 Jan 2021

Antibiotic resistance may be more widespread than previously expected

Pathogenic bacteria in humans are developing resistance to antibiotics much faster than expected. Now, computational research at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, shows that one reason could be significant genetic transfer between bacteria in our ecosystems and to humans.

21 Jan 2021

Researchers discover rare genetic disorder that affects the brain, heart and facial features

Researchers at the National Institutes of Health have discovered a new genetic disorder characterized by developmental delays and malformations of the brain, heart and facial features.

20 Jan 2021

Gene editing shows potential to correct mutations causing inherited retinal degeneration

Gene editing therapies, including CRISPR-Cas systems, offer the potential to correct mutations causing inherited retinal degenerations, a leading cause of blindness.

20 Jan 2021

ALS study underscores the unique genetics of Maltese population

Malta, a sovereign microstate in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, has no shortage of sunny beaches, honey-bricked villages and rugged countryside.

19 Jan 2021

Food intake patterns are partly under genetic control, study shows

Your food intake patterns are partly under genetic control, according to the latest research from researchers at King's College London, published today in the journal Twin Research and Human Genetics.

19 Jan 2021

Study explores how choice of foods influences aging and lifespan in fruit flies

Having a choice of foods may accelerate aging and shorten the lifespan of fruit flies, according to a study published today in the open-access eLife journal.

19 Jan 2021

Study finds genetic variants that increase the risk of bedwetting

In a large-scale study of Danish children and young people, researchers from Aarhus University have for the first time found genetic variants that increase the risk of nocturnal enuresis - commonly known as bedwetting or nighttime incontinence.

19 Jan 2021

Compulsory DNA collection is unethical and has a detrimental effect on genetics research

The compulsory collection of DNA being undertaken in some parts of the world is not just unethical, but risks affecting people's willingness to donate biological samples and thus contribute to the advancement of medical knowledge and the development of new treatments, says a paper in the European Journal of Human Genetics, published online* today [18 January 2021].

19 Jan 2021

RECoVERY: New open-source software developed for analyzing SARS-CoV-2 genomes

Researchers report an open-source platform-independent tool for building SARS-CoV-2 genomes from raw sequencing reads. The tool can be used without any extra hardware or software and be run using any browser from a desktop or mobile.

19 Jan 2021

Gene-cutting system may play second role as a genetic dimmer switch

In a series of experiments with laboratory-cultured bacteria, Johns Hopkins scientists have found evidence that there is a second role for the widely used gene-cutting system CRISPR-Cas9 -- as a genetic dimmer switch for CRISPR-Cas9 genes.

19 Jan 2021

Viral genome sequencing of wastewater can be useful for tracking new SARS-CoV-2 variants

Viral genome sequencing of wastewater can detect new SARS-CoV-2 variants before they are detected by local clinical sequencing, according to a new study reported in mBio, an open-access journal of the American Society for Microbiology.

19 Jan 2021

Researchers produce first African lion in-vitro embryos after vitrification of immature oocytes

A team of scientists from the Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research (Leibniz-IZW) inGermany, Givskud Zoo - Zootopia in Denmark and the University of Milan in Italy succeeded in producing the very first African lionin-vitroembryos after the vitrification of immature oocytes.

18 Jan 2021

Computational method uses heat map data to reverse engineer 3D chromosome models

Genome analysis can provide information on genes and their location on a strand of DNA, but such analysis reveals little about their spatial location in relation to one another within chromosomes -- the highly complex, three-dimensional structures that hold genetic information.

15 Jan 2021

Genomics

Researchers identify genetic risk factors contributing to pneumonia susceptibility and severity

A single genetic test can identify the presence and cause of mismatch repair deficiency

Using gene therapy to mimic the effects of physical exercise

Antibiotic resistance may be more widespread than previously expected

Researchers discover rare genetic disorder that affects the brain, heart and facial features

Gene editing shows potential to correct mutations causing inherited retinal degeneration

ALS study underscores the unique genetics of Maltese population

Food intake patterns are partly under genetic control, study shows

Study explores how choice of foods influences aging and lifespan in fruit flies

Study finds genetic variants that increase the risk of bedwetting

Compulsory DNA collection is unethical and has a detrimental effect on genetics research

RECoVERY: New open-source software developed for analyzing SARS-CoV-2 genomes

Gene-cutting system may play second role as a genetic dimmer switch

Viral genome sequencing of wastewater can be useful for tracking new SARS-CoV-2 variants

Researchers produce first African lion in-vitro embryos after vitrification of immature oocytes

Computational method uses heat map data to reverse engineer 3D chromosome models

Scientists grow insect sex pheromones in transgenic camelina plant for sustainable pest control

Scientists discover genetic variations that have a drastic impact on small molecules

New deep-learning framework predicts gene regulation at single-cell level

New genomics resource details the small RNA transcriptomes of four mosquito species

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Treating post-infectious smell loss in COVID-19 patients

A paper-based sensor for detecting COVID-19

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