Biological Evidence In DNA to Support Nature’s Arms Races — Revealed
Coevolution in fruit flies reveals its implications for human health as per a study at the University of Pennsylvania, published in the journal Current Biology.
The study for the first time showed the evidence of a two-sided genomic ...
Covid-19: How Did Some People Cope With Pandemic Stress?
Mental health issues have risen during the Covid-19 pandemic, but some people were able to handle the stress of the pandemic better than others due to their genetics.
How a person perceives their quality of life depends on a combination of ...
Gene-Edited Tomatoes Could Be a New Source of Vitamin D: Study
Tomatoes that are gene-edited provide good amount of the sunshine vitamin (Vitamin D). This simple and sustainable innovation can address the global health problem.
Researchers used gene editing to turn off a specific molecule in the plant’s ...
Long Repeated DNA may Cause Schizophrenia
Long repeated DNA sequences in the genome may increase an individual’s risk of developing schizophrenia, reveals a new study.
The study was conducted by researchers at The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) and the Centre for Addiction and ...
Gene Therapy Reverses Autism-Linked Mutation in Organoids
Human brain organoids were used to reveal how a genetic mutation associated with a profound form of autism disrupts neural development in a new stud, published in Nature Communications .
Using gene therapy tools to recover the gene’s function ...
Scientists Help Bring Revolution in the Field of Genome Editing
Scientists from the Center for Genome Engineering, Institute for Basic Science, finally create a revolutionary discovery in gene-editing technology.
The breakthrough discovery involves the development of a new gene-editing platform called ...
Genetics Affects Functions of Gut Microbiome: Study
Genetics impacts the function of the gut microbiome and expands awareness of the role human genetics plays in shaping the microbiome.
Ilana Brito, assistant professor and Mong Family Sesquicentennial Faculty Fellow in the Nancy E. and Peter C. ...
Blueprint to Blood Stem Cells Developed!
First-ever comprehensive map of human blood stem cell development has been created by scientists at the University Of California – Los Angeles (UCLA), published today in the journal Nature.
Blood stem cells are hematopoietic stem ...
CRISPR Reveals the Mechanism Behind Sickle Cell Disease
Using CRISPR gene editing, researchers have investigated new therapeutic approaches for sickle cell disease, one of the world's most devastating genetic blood disorders. The findings of the study are published in the journal Blood .
"Sickle ...
Complete Human Genome Unveiled
After two decades, Telomere to Telomere (T2T) consortium has generated the first complete, gapless human genome sequence.
Evan Eichler has always been drawn to the most complex regions of humanity’s genome – those with bizarrely long stretches ...
New Model for Global DNA Repair
Two new studies conducted by researchers show how bacterial cells continually repair damaged sections (lesions) in their DNA.
Led by researchers from NYU Grossman School of Medicine, the work revolves around the delicacy of DNA molecules, ...
Novel Technology to Decode Whole DNA of IVF-embryo
Whole-genome sequencing of IVF embryo can now be decoded easily as per scientists at a US-based gene analytics, published in the journal Nature Medicine.
According to MyOme, the full sequence of both parents' DNA and resulting ...
Stem Cells Improve Visual Acuity, Vascular Health
Treatment approaches using mature human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs) could help better vascular health complications from type 2 diabetes, said Indiana University School of Medicine researchers.
“Vascular diseases afflict ...
Genomic Technology Aids Understanding Of Brain Diseases
Brain diseases can be better understood with the help of an open-source cell catalog as per a study at the Salk Institute, published in Cell Genomics.
The study may help better understand the interaction of genes and cells in ...
Single Test can Detect Over 50 Genetic Diseases
New DNA test developed can identify over 50 hard-to-diagnose neurological and neuromuscular genetic diseases much faster and more-accurately than existing tests, reveals a new study.
The test was developed by researchers at the Garvan ...
