Unprecedented Detail: Researchers Capture How Genes Fold and Work
The new technique is “like upgrading from the Hubble to the James Webb.” A new imaging technique captures the three-dimensional architecture of the human genome with…
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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…
Unprecedented Speed: Scientists Discover 30 New Natural Compounds
Researchers were able to discover and characterize new ribosomally synthesized and post-translationally modified peptides at an unprecedented speed and scale. Modern medicine makes extensive use…
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…
Scientists Are Using the “Dark Matter” of the Human Genome To Help Cure Cancer
Scientists have identified new cancer treatment targets. In Switzerland, cancer is the second-leading cause of death. Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is the cancer form…
Scientists Identify a Unique Set of Proteins That Restore Hearing
Edit Edit date and time A study demonstrates how transcription factors support cell regeneration. Researchers at the National Institutes of Health have identified a particular…
Scientists Reconstruct the Genome of the 180-Million-Year-Old Common Ancestor of All Mammals
University of California, Davis scientists help reveal the genome of the common ancestor of all mammals From a platypus to a blue whale, all living…
Rewriting History – The First Full-Length Genomes for Homosporous Ferns
A new study reveals ferns’ history of DNA hoarding and kleptomania. Ferns are infamous for having an enormous number of chromosomes and massive amounts of…
Potentially Hazardous: CRISPR Therapeutics Could Promote Cancer
The study showed that CRISPR therapeutics can damage the genome. The researchers caution: “The CRISPR genome editing method is very effective, but not always safe….
Why Is COVID Worse for Some People Than Others?
A new study explains why some people suffer more from COVID-19 than others. Many people are currently catching COVID-19. Luckily, the majority of them are…
Molecular Mechanism Discovered That Confers Special Physical Properties to Chromosomes in Dividing Human Cells
How the genome is packed into chromosomes that can be faithfully moved during cell division. Scientists discovered a molecular mechanism that confers special physical properties…
“Selfish Genetic Elements” – Supergene Wreaks Havoc in a Genome
Biologists from University of Rochester used population genomics to study a selfish ‘supergene’ that skews genetic inheritance. “Selfish genetic elements” litter the human genome. They…
Scientists Successfully Reconstruct Ancient Genome Using a 600-Year-Old Mummy
Researchers used fragments taken from an Italian mummy to recreate the genome of a centuries-old strain of E. coli Using fragments taken from a 16th-century…
A New Technology Could Help Solve a DNA Mystery
The human genome’s inner workings could be revealed through new Cornell-developed technology. Researchers from Oxford Nanopore Technologies, Weill Cornell Medicine, and the New York Genome…
Scientists Have Sequenced the DNA of a 2000-Year-Old Human From Pompeii
The first Pompeiian human genome has been sequenced. Research that was recently published in Scientific Reports presents the first human genome that has been successfully…
Harvard Researchers Have Solved a Perplexing Cancer Mystery
A new mechanism links mutations in areas devoid of genes to cancer. For many years, the human genome was seen as a book of life,…
Genome Analysis Now Allows Scientists To Predict if You Will Have a Miscarriage
In order to shed light on the genetic cause of female infertility, Rutgers researchers have combined genomic sequencing with machine learning techniques According to Rutgers…
