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Harnessing the genetics of hookworms to develop next generation of PPE for combat troops

Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have received a grant to develop the next generation of personal protective equipment (PPE) for combat troops.

30 Oct 2021

Researchers develop eToeholds for safe, effective RNA and cellular therapies

RNAs are best known as the molecules that translate information encoded in genes into proteins with their myriad of activities.

29 Oct 2021

Scientists uncover key genetic networks governing human embryonic stem cell behavior

At the earliest stages of human embryonic development, a small collection of cells known as human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) orchestrates growth and differentiation, eventually giving rise to highly specialized human tissues.

28 Oct 2021

Penn's newly created split-engineered base editors show potential for research, therapeutics

Targeted mutations to the genome can now be introduced by splitting specific mutator enzymes and then triggering them to reconstitute, according to research from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.

28 Oct 2021

A new approach to selectively turn on gene therapies in target cells

Researchers at MIT and Harvard University have designed a way to selectively turn on gene therapies in target cells, including human cells.

28 Oct 2021

New insight into the tremendously complex "genetic dance"

The rapid scientific advancements that followed the mapping of the human genome have revealed just how staggeringly complex the world of genetics is.

28 Oct 2021

Researchers discover genetic risk variants involved in osteoarthritis

Osteoarthritis is the leading cause of pain and disability worldwide. There is no cure, only pain relief. Patients' joints become inflamed, and they feel creaky and stiff in the morning.

28 Oct 2021

Scientists flip a new piece in the male infertility puzzle

Scientists at Cincinnati Children's appear to have flipped another piece in the underexplored puzzle of male infertility.

27 Oct 2021

Genetic factors influence moral views concerning drug use and noncommittal sex

Few hallmarks of the 1960s counterculture stand out like sex, drugs, and rock-n-roll - elements of a "lifestyle" that Life magazine once branded as "antithetical in almost every respect to that of conventional America."

27 Oct 2021

Bio-Rad introduces CFX Opus Dx real-time PCR detection systems for IVD use

Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc., a global leader of life science research and clinical diagnostic products, today announced the launch of the CFX™ Opus 96 Dx System and the CFX™ Opus 384 Dx System, real-time PCR detection systems that have been listed with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for IVD testing and that meet the CE-IVD requirement for IVD use in Europe.

From Bio-Rad Laboratories 25 Oct 2021

New Spex Genomax 2050 accelerates the extraction of molecules

Obtain fast and efficient extraction of nucleic acids, proteins, and other molecules with the new Spex® Genomax® 2050; a high-throughput plant and animal tissue homogenizer and cell lyser designed for rapid cell disruption, cell lysis and tissue homogenization through bead beating.

From SPEX SamplePrep 25 Oct 2021

Machine learning approach effective in predicting antibiotic resistance spread

Genes aren't only inherited through birth. Bacteria have the ability to pass genes to each other, or pick them up from their environment, through a process called horizonal gene transfer, which is a major culprit in the spread of antibiotic resistance.

22 Oct 2021

Bacteria defend themselves against viral predators with exchangeable genetic elements

Bacterial viruses, so-called phages, destroy bacteria. Bacteria are constantly exposed to viral attacks. A research team led by Martin Polz, a microbiologist at the University of Vienna, has now studied how bacteria defend themselves against viral predators.

22 Oct 2021

Improper Z-RNA recognition contributes to pathogenesis of Aicardi-Goutières syndrome

Like DNA, RNA molecules contain information through unique combinations of four different nucleotides. However, through a molecular process called RNA editing, chemical changes can be made to adenosine nucleotides that convert them to a nucleotide called inosine by enzymes known as adenosine deaminases (ADARs).

21 Oct 2021

Researchers identify new gene variants that may cause inherited retinal dystrophies

An international team of researchers, led by scientists at University of California San Diego and Shiley Eye Institute at UC San Diego Health, has broadened and deepened understanding of how inherited retinal dystrophies (IRDs) affect different populations of people and, in the process, have identified new gene variants that may cause the diseases.

20 Oct 2021

New technology streamlines the development of gene therapy for genetic blinding disorders

A novel computational platform developed by researchers from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine identifies top-performing viral vectors that could deliver gene therapies to the retina with maximum efficiency and precision.

19 Oct 2021

Study may help investigate the role of gut virome in health and disease

A new study has added numerous previously uncharacterized viral genomes and genes to the ever-increasing worldwide pool of human gut viromes.

19 Oct 2021

Researchers identify the genetic changes responsible for drug resistance in tuberculosis

Using cutting-edge genomic sequencing techniques, researchers at the University of Oxford have identified almost all the genomic variation that gives people resistance to 13 of the most common tuberculosis (TB) drug treatments.

19 Oct 2021

Study highlights the critical role of junk DNA in mammalian development

Nearly half of our DNA has been written off as junk, the discards of evolution: sidelined or broken genes, viruses that got stuck in our genome and were dismembered or silenced, none of it relevant to the human organism or human evolution.

19 Oct 2021

Researchers reveal the mechanism of artificial chromosome formation in C. elegans' embryos

A research team led by Dr Karen Wing Yee YUEN, Associate Professor from the School of Biological Sciences at the University of Hong Kong (HKU), revealed the mechanism of artificial chromosome (AC) formation in the embryos of the model organism Caenorhabditis elegans, a 1-mm long, transparent nematode.

18 Oct 2021

Genomics

Harnessing the genetics of hookworms to develop next generation of PPE for combat troops

Researchers develop eToeholds for safe, effective RNA and cellular therapies

Scientists uncover key genetic networks governing human embryonic stem cell behavior

Penn's newly created split-engineered base editors show potential for research, therapeutics

A new approach to selectively turn on gene therapies in target cells

New insight into the tremendously complex "genetic dance"

Researchers discover genetic risk variants involved in osteoarthritis

Scientists flip a new piece in the male infertility puzzle

Genetic factors influence moral views concerning drug use and noncommittal sex

Bio-Rad introduces CFX Opus Dx real-time PCR detection systems for IVD use

New Spex Genomax 2050 accelerates the extraction of molecules

Machine learning approach effective in predicting antibiotic resistance spread

Bacteria defend themselves against viral predators with exchangeable genetic elements

Improper Z-RNA recognition contributes to pathogenesis of Aicardi-Goutières syndrome

Researchers identify new gene variants that may cause inherited retinal dystrophies

New technology streamlines the development of gene therapy for genetic blinding disorders

Study may help investigate the role of gut virome in health and disease

Researchers identify the genetic changes responsible for drug resistance in tuberculosis

Study highlights the critical role of junk DNA in mammalian development

Researchers reveal the mechanism of artificial chromosome formation in C. elegans' embryos

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