Major Step Forward in Monitoring Ocean Health Through “DNA Soup”
Autonomous technology uses eDNA to survey biodiversity. In a major step forward for monitoring the biodiversity of marine systems, a new research study published on…
Autonomous technology uses eDNA to survey biodiversity. In a major step forward for monitoring the biodiversity of marine systems, a new research study published on…
Rare pieces of genetic code may serve as another way to control cellular machinery. A new investigation into the way different tissues read information from…
According to a paper published in the journal Cell Reports Methods by Cell Press on May 16th, 2022, researchers devised a CRISPR-Cas9 technique to enable…
Researchers at EMBL Heidelberg found that inversions in the human genome are more common than previously thought, which impacts our understanding of certain genetic diseases….
Gene editing reverses brain genetic reprogramming caused by adolescent binge drinking. Gene editing may be a potential treatment for anxiety and alcohol use disorder in…
A team of researchers led by Yale University scientists can now quantify the factors causing changes in the DNA that contribute most to cancer growth…
A study led by researchers at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) and the University of Kent uncovers how the genome three-dimensional structure of male…
Research study investigates habitat conditions encountered by first farmers and monument-builders. Hunter-gatherers made use of open woodland conditions in the millennia before Stonehenge monuments were…
The molecules of life, DNA, replicate with astounding precision, yet this process is not immune to mistakes and can lead to mutations. Using sophisticated computer…
Scientists Announce Comprehensive Regional Diagnostic of Microbial Ocean Life Using DNA Testing Large-scale ‘metabarcoding’ methods could revolutionize how society understands forces that drive seafood supply…
Genomics is an interdisciplinary field of science that focuses on the structure, function, evolution, mapping, and editing of genomes. A genome is an organism’s complete…
University of California Riverside-led study identifies how blood stem cells maintain their fate. Understanding the molecular mechanisms that specify and maintain the identities of the…
Using new analyses, scientists have just found the last two of the five informational units of DNA and RNA that had yet to be discovered…
MIT research finds genome loops don’t last long in cells; theories of how loops control gene expression may need to be revised. In human chromosomes,…
Researchers found that changes accumulated in the brain cells of patients with Alzheimer’s disease at a faster rate, potentially explaining why brain cells die and…
Quantity of mutations acquired is similar over the lifetime of 16 species, despite vast differences in lifespan and body mass. The first study to evaluate…
Scientists have published the first complete, gapless sequence of a human genome, two decades after the Human Genome Project produced the first draft human genome…
Xinjiang, in northwest China, lays at an important junction between east and west Eurasia and has played a historically important role in the exchange of…