Scientists Create a More Precise Technique to Edit Genomes of Living Organisms
In a newly published study, researchers from Yale University report they have created a more precise and efficient technology to edit the genomes of living…
In a newly published study, researchers from Yale University report they have created a more precise and efficient technology to edit the genomes of living…
Using structural knowledge of Cas9, scientists have overcome a key CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing hurdle and developed a highly specific genome-editing tool. Researchers at the Broad…
Newly published research details the effects of human genetic variation, finding that each person possesses on average about 150 variants capable of disabling genes. A…
A team of scientists from MIT, Harvard, and Wageningen University have developed a new system for human genome editing that has the potential to increase…
A team of researchers has created the first 3D maps of entire folded genomes, identifying approximately 10,000 folding loops in the human genome. In a…
Using a gene-editing system that was originally developed to delete specific genes, researchers from MIT developed a new technique to reliably turn on any gene…
A newly published study from the international Genetic Investigation of Anthropometric Traits (GIANT) Consortium gives scientists a better look at the biology of height and…
Several newly published studies reveal that flies, worms, and humans share ancient patterns of gene expression. Although separated by hundreds of millions of years of…
Chemical engineers from MIT have developed a new method to detect epigenetic modifications, which could offer a new way to choose the best treatment for…
For the first time, scientists have fundamentally changed the genetic code of an organism, raising the possibility that researchers might be able to retool nature…
A new analysis of little-explored regions of the human genome has revealed dozens of cancer triggers. A massive data analysis of natural genetic variants in…
Stanford researchers have sequenced the genome of mankind’s closest invertebrate relative, Botryllus schlosseri – a small sea creature that can regenerate its entire body from…
Scientists from the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute have identified the majority of the mutational signatures that explain the genetic development and history of cancers in…
A study from scientists at Lund University found that exercise induces genome-wide changes in DNA methylation in human adipose tissue, potentially affecting adipocyte metabolism. Exercise,…
A newly published study reveals that doctors are moving closer to a potential blood test for detecting Alzheimer’s disease. Researchers in Germany have made new…
In a newly published study, an international team of researchers detail the search for “microbial dark matter.” Is space really the final frontier, or are…
In a new DNA study, an international team of scientists reveal clues to human and ape evolution, finding that the evolutionary history of ancestral great…
In a newly published study, a large team of biologists describe the genome of the western painted turtle, discovering clues how the painted turtle may…