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Study identifies high-priority genes associated with uterine cancer that could be potential drug targets

No single gene causes uterine cancer, the fourth most common cancer among women, which is on the rise in the U.S.

28 Jan 2022

Oligodendrocytes may have a different role in the development of multiple sclerosis, study finds

An international team of researchers led by Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have discovered that a cell type in the central nervous system known as oligodendrocytes might have a different role in the development of multiple sclerosis (MS) than previously thought.

28 Jan 2022

Study identifies genetic link between early maturation and high aerobic performance in juvenile salmon

A study conducted at the University of Helsinki indicates that early sexual maturation and high aerobic performance in salmon have a genetic link that is already evident in juvenile salmon.

28 Jan 2022

ERGA aims to provide genomic data to inform research about Europe's biodiversity

To provide important genomic data to inform research about Europe's biodiversity, scientists from 48 different countries initiated the "European Reference Genome Atlas" (ERGA) in 2021.

28 Jan 2022

New approach using RNA therapeutic can fix protein problems in cystic fibrosis

The process of generating proteins from genes is akin to a factory, where workers follow a set of instructions that, ideally, are effective and clear.

27 Jan 2022

Diet leaves permanent genetic alterations in the gut microbes

Our gut is inhabited by a diverse community of microbes, the gut microbiota. This community, composed of hundreds of different species, is essential to our health: it influences our immune system, protects us from infections, and helps us digest food.

27 Jan 2022

New report investigates how genomics could play a part in our lives in the future

A new wide-ranging report Genomics Beyond Health published today by the Government Office for Science investigates how genomics could play a part in our lives in the future, from sport to education and tackling crime.

25 Jan 2022

New study holds promise to help plants defend themselves against viruses

New research, led by Washington State University scientists, into how viral proteins interact and can be disabled holds promise to help plants defend themselves against viruses - and ultimately prevent crop losses.

25 Jan 2022

Study determines how genetics and environmental conditions interact during plant development

Iowa State University scientists have harnessed data analytics to look "under the hood" of the mechanisms that determine how genetics and changing environmental conditions interact during crucial developmental stages of plants.

25 Jan 2022

Blood proteins could be potential targets for future drugs to slow aging process

Two blood proteins have been shown by scientists to influence how long and healthy a life we live, research suggests.

24 Jan 2022

Researchers develop a computational approach to identify genomic safe harbors for therapeutic genes

Many future gene and cell therapies to treat diseases like cancer, rare genetic and other conditions could be enhanced in their efficacy, persistence, and predictability by so-called "genomic safe harbors (GSHs)."

24 Jan 2022

Gene replacement therapy could help mend a broken heart, study suggests

How can you mend a broken heart? According to researchers from Japan, in some cases gene replacement therapy just might do the trick.

24 Jan 2022

Genetic marker linked to higher risk of death in COVID-19 patients

A new study discusses the importance of single nucleotide polymorphisms in the Rab46 gene as a marker of adverse outcomes in high-risk COVID-19 patients.

23 Jan 2022

Study finds more than 1,000 gene-activation differences between female and male mouse brains

Male and female mouse brains differ in important ways, according to a new study led by Stanford Medicine investigators.

22 Jan 2022

Scientists develop new drug delivery system for treating genetic diseases

A team of researchers led by Harvard and Broad Institute scientists has developed a new drug delivery system using engineered DNA-free virus-like particles (eVLPs) to package and deliver therapeutic levels of gene-editing proteins to animal models of disease.

22 Jan 2022

High-speed cell sorter uses fluorescence imaging to enable genome-scale studies of complex phenotypes

Isolating individual cells with complex phenotypes – which is key to understanding how these cells function, including to inform disease – is a technological challenge. Now, overcoming this hurdle, researchers present a high-speed cell sorter that uses fluorescence imaging to enable genome-scale studies of complex phenotypes.

21 Jan 2022

Fully dynamic kinetic model of a living 'minimal cell' offers insight into basic principles of life

Scientists report that they have built a living "minimal cell" with a genome stripped down to its barest essentials – and a computer model of the cell that mirrors its behavior.

20 Jan 2022

Study identifies a new potential pathway for developing therapeutics against Epstein-Barr virus

A new study by researchers at The Wistar Institute, an international biomedical research leader in cancer, immunology, infectious disease, and vaccine development, has identified a new potential pathway for developing therapeutics that target Epstein-Barr virus (EBV).

19 Jan 2022

New structure prediction method allows scientists to map thousands of secreted proteins

Scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, have recently published work that lays the foundation for new ways of thinking about pathogen evolution.

19 Jan 2022

Rapid DNA sequencing technique used to diagnose rare genetic disease in short time

A new ultra-rapid genome sequencing approach developed by Stanford Medicine scientists and their collaborators was used to diagnose rare genetic diseases in an average of eight hours — a feat that's nearly unheard of in standard clinical care.

19 Jan 2022

Genomics

Study identifies high-priority genes associated with uterine cancer that could be potential drug targets

Oligodendrocytes may have a different role in the development of multiple sclerosis, study finds

Study identifies genetic link between early maturation and high aerobic performance in juvenile salmon

ERGA aims to provide genomic data to inform research about Europe's biodiversity

New approach using RNA therapeutic can fix protein problems in cystic fibrosis

Diet leaves permanent genetic alterations in the gut microbes

New report investigates how genomics could play a part in our lives in the future

New study holds promise to help plants defend themselves against viruses

Study determines how genetics and environmental conditions interact during plant development

Blood proteins could be potential targets for future drugs to slow aging process

Researchers develop a computational approach to identify genomic safe harbors for therapeutic genes

Gene replacement therapy could help mend a broken heart, study suggests

Genetic marker linked to higher risk of death in COVID-19 patients

Study finds more than 1,000 gene-activation differences between female and male mouse brains

Scientists develop new drug delivery system for treating genetic diseases

High-speed cell sorter uses fluorescence imaging to enable genome-scale studies of complex phenotypes

Fully dynamic kinetic model of a living 'minimal cell' offers insight into basic principles of life

Study identifies a new potential pathway for developing therapeutics against Epstein-Barr virus

New structure prediction method allows scientists to map thousands of secreted proteins

Rapid DNA sequencing technique used to diagnose rare genetic disease in short time

Evolving spectrophotometry for modern biopharma workflows

Scaling B-cell cloning workflows for antibody development

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