A Completely New Way To Kill Cancer: Artificial DNA
Hairpin-shaped DNA interacts with microRNA in cancer cells, activating an immune response. University of Tokyo researchers have made a breakthrough in the fight against cancer…
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Scientists Warn That UV-Emitting Nail Polish Dryers Damage Human DNA and Cause Mutations
The ultraviolet nail polish drying devices used to cure gel manicures may pose more of a public health concern than previously thought. Researchers at the…
Scientists Unlock Nature’s Secret to Super-Selective Binding
EPFL researchers have found that controlling super-selective binding interactions between nanomaterials and protein surfaces requires not only adjusting the molecular density but also the pattern…
Not Just Waistlines: Exercise Can Change the Very Molecules in the Human Body That Influence How Genes Behave
A new study from Washington State University has found that consistent exercise can alter the molecules in the body that influence how genes behave, in…
Current Methods for Assessing Genetic Relationships Between Traits are Flawed
According to researchers, mating patterns may be able to explain many of the relationships between traits that were previously thought to be biological. A new…
Scientists Have Decrypted the “Mechanical Code” of DNA
An international team of researchers, led by Durham University in the UK, has uncovered previously unknown ways in which nature encodes biological information in a…
Genetic Research Reveals Molecular Fingerprint Behind Beautiful Pearls
In Japan, pearl oysters are a key animal for aquaculture because they generate valuable, beautiful pearls. The output of Akoya pearls has decreased over the…
New Tool Identifies Safe Places To Introduce Genes Into Human DNA
Scientists at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital have developed a tool that can locate safe places to introduce genes into human DNA. The tool is an…
Challenging the Prevailing View – 45,000-Year-Old Ancient DNA Reveals Hidden Human History
The researchers used ancient genomes to reveal new information about the human history of adaption. Ancient DNA, including samples from human remains that are around…
“Game-Changing” Discovery of World’s Oldest DNA Breaks Record by One Million Years
A ‘game-changing’ new chapter in the history of evolution has been opened after two-million-year-old DNA has been identified for the first time. Researchers discovered microscopic…
Chemists Discover Why Synonymous DNA Mutations Are Not Always Silent
Modeling shows how genetic changes that don’t lead to changes in protein sequence can still alter protein function. New modeling shows how synonymous mutations —…
New Yale Research Reveals Why Immunotherapy Doesn’t Work for Everybody
A Yale University study presents a new explanation for why immunotherapy only works for some cancer patients. Immunotherapy, a biotherapy that improves the immune system’s…
Cancer Weakness Discovered: New Method Pushes Cancer Cells Into Remission
Cancer cells delete DNA when they go to the dark side, so a team of doctors and engineers targeted the ‘backup plans’ that run essential cell…
Scientists Have Found a Way To Manipulate Digital Data Stored in DNA
Nonlinear decision-making with enzymatic neural networks DNA can be utilized to reliably store massive amounts of digital data. However, it has hitherto proven challenging to…
Discovery of 119-Million-Year-Old “Selfish” Genes Casts Doubt on Established Evolution Beliefs
The finding could alter our understanding of how parasitic DNA affects genome evolution. Meiotic drivers, a kind of selfish gene, are indeed selfish. They are…
Considered Impossible – New Study of 5 Million People Reveals Genetic Links to Height
The research was the largest-ever genome-wide association study. The study, which was recently published in the journal Nature, is the largest genome-wide association study ever conducted, using the…
Strict Parenting May Hardwire Depression Into a Child’s DNA
The researchers found that strict parenting can affect the way the body reads DNA. The way the body reads the children’s DNA might change as…
The Urgent Quest To Find Banana’s “Mystery Ancestors”
Scientists are peeling back ancient layers of banana DNA in order to find the “mystery ancestors” before they go extinct. It is believed that humans…
