Scientists Discover Gene Function Linked to Familial ALS
MIT biologists have discovered a function of a gene that is believed to account for up to 40 percent of all familial cases of amyotrophic…
Genetics
Chemical Engineers Reveal How to Control Knots That Form in DNA Molecules
Just like any long polymer chain, DNA tends to form knots. Using technology that allows them to stretch DNA molecules and image the behavior of…
Researchers Link Dyslexia Gene Variants to Consonant Use Across Populations
In a new study of languages spoken in 43 different populations worldwide, Yale School of Medicine researchers and their colleagues identified variants of a dyslexia…
New Discovery Suggests All Life May Share This Common Design Principle
By studying bacteria and yeast, researchers at MIT have discovered that vastly different types of cells still share fundamental similarities, conserved across species and refined…
Genomic Analysis of Elongated Skulls Reveals New Insights
The transition from Late Antiquity to the Middle Ages in Europe is marked by two key events in European history, the fall of the Western…
Scientists Link Specific Genes to Individual Differences in Autistic Children
A team of scientists at the University of Cambridge has discovered that specific genes are linked to individual differences in brain anatomy in autistic children….
Ancient DNA Study Reveals the Genomic History of Southeastern Europe
In an ancient DNA study published this week in the journal Nature, scientists and archaeologists from over 80 different institutions lift the veil on the…
Scientists Reveal the Complex Story Behind the Beaker Phenomenon
In the largest study of ancient DNA ever conducted, an international team of scientists has revealed the complex story behind one of the defining periods…
Newly Developed Technique Predicts Resistance Paths to Cancer Treatment
Yale School of Public Health researchers have developed a new method to predict likely resistance paths to cancer therapeutics, and a methodology to apply it…
Scientists Unlock Genetic Code Behind Nature’s Most Vibrant Colors
Researchers have unlocked the genetic code behind some of the brightest and most vibrant colors in nature. The paper, to be published in the journal…
Scieintists Identify Fifteen New Genes That Determine Our Facial Features
Researchers from KU Leuven and the universities of Pittsburgh, Stanford, and Penn State (US) have identified fifteen genes that determine our facial features. The findings…
Scientists Discover Biomarkers That Predict the Risk of Developing Asthma
Asthma is a chronic inflammatory disease driven by the interplay of genetics, environmental factors and a diverse cast of immune cells. In their latest study,…
First Direct Evidence That Fragile X Syndrome Neurons Can Be Restored
Fragile X syndrome is the most frequent cause of intellectual disability in males, affecting one out of every 3,600 boys born. The syndrome can also…
Neuroscientists Reveal How Inexorably Interwoven Nature and Nurture Are
“Nature and nurture is a convenient jingle of words, for it separates under two distinct heads the innumerable elements of which personality is composed. Nature…
Quantum Chemistry Solves Amino Acid Mystery
Using quantum chemical methods, a team of researchers led by Dr. Matthias Granold and Professor Bernd Moosmann of the Institute of Pathobiochemistry at Johannes Gutenberg…
Scientists Reveal How Mutations in Genes Give Rise to Face-Specific Birth Defects
About 1 in 750 babies born in the United States has some kind of craniofacial malformation, accounting for about one-third of all birth defects. Many…
Researchers Identify Role of Mesp1 Gene in Cardiovascular Lineage Segregation
Researchers at the Université libre de Bruxelles and University of Cambridge identified the role of key gene Mesp1 in the earliest step of cardiovascular lineage…
Scientists Sequence Largest Genome to Date, the Axolotl Genome
A team of researchers led by scientists in Vienna, Dresden and Heidelberg has decoded the entire genetic information of the Mexican salamander axolotl. The axolotl…