Bactrian Camel Genome Might Help Survival in Harsh Environments
Bactrian camels have sky-high blood glucose levels, a diet loaded with salt, and tend to pack away fat. These evolutionary adaptations help them survive in…
Bactrian camels have sky-high blood glucose levels, a diet loaded with salt, and tend to pack away fat. These evolutionary adaptations help them survive in…
In Cambridge, UK, there was a superbug outbreak at a special-care neonatal unit that lasted several months last year. Thanks to insights gained from whole-genome…
Proteins fold spontaneously into precise conformation, time after time, optimized by evolution. Yet given the number of contortions possible for chains of amino acids, dictating…
This week, the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) launched a new database known as ClinVar, which will make physicians’ jobs much easier. The NIH…
Researchers have developed a genetically modified tomato that produces a certain peptide which will lower the plaque buildup in the arteries of mice. This could…
A newly published study identified 71 additional genetic associations for IBD and suggests a strong overlap between IBD susceptibility genes and genes tied to the…
An international team of more than 1,000 scientists participated in a new study showing an integrated map of genetic variation from 1,092 human genomes. A…
Nicolas Navin wanted to work out the sequence from individual cancer cells to see how they had mutated and diverged as the cancer grew. Back…
The reason why some people tend to respond to treatments that have no active ingredients might be down to genetics. A new study indicates that…
A newly published paper from researchers at Yale University looks at the process of splicing RNA at the atomic level, establishing RNA’s chemical and structural…
A newly published study analyzes genetic and paleoanthropological evidence, showing that today’s human population is the result of a great demographic and geographic expansion that…
In the 15th century, the population of the city-state Xaltocan, part of the Otomí, vanished and was replaced by the growing Aztec culture. The fate…
New technology that would allow genetic material to shuffle between unfertilized eggs is ready to make healthier babies. This technique would allow parents to minimize…
20 years ago, Mary Schweitzer discovered that she spotted the effects of what could only be described as a red blood cell in a slice…
Using a novel technique to analyze simultaneously large numbers of microRNAs in living mice, scientists at Yale University identified and disabled miR-150, allowing mice to…
In the Rocky Mountains, the South Platte River system flows east through the Coloradan plateau which has plenty of cattle ranches, sheep pastures, dairy farms,…
Scientifically unfounded assertions about transgenic foods and animals are widely circulating in the American zeitgeist. Claims that transgenic foods are responsible for the rise of…
DNA sequencing is getting faster and cheaper, and clinicians are now finding uses for it in their practices. A test for malfunctioning genes might show…