Genetics News
April 15, 2024
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Mar. 28, 2024 — Branching patterns are prevalent in our natural environment and the human body, such as in the lungs and kidneys. For example, specific genes that express growth factor proteins are known to influence the development of the lungs' complex branches. ...
Apr. 12, 2024 — The typical job of the proteasome, the garbage disposal of the cell, is to grind down proteins into smaller bits and recycle some of those bits and parts. That's still the case, for the most part, ...
Apr. 12, 2024 — A deep dive into macroalgae genetics has uncovered the genetic underpinnings that enabled macroalgae, or 'seaweed,' to evolve multicellularity. Three lineages of macroalgae developed multicellularity independently and during very different time ...
Apr. 11, 2024 — Human papillomavirus (HPV) is the second most common cancer-causing virus, accounting for 690,000 cervical and other cancers each year worldwide. While the immune system usually clears HPV infections, those that persist can lead to cancer, and a new ...
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Apr. 12, 2024 — The rise of RNA viruses like SARS-CoV-2 highlights the need for new ways to fight them. RNA-targeting tools like CRISPR/Cas13 are powerful but inefficient in the cytoplasm of cells, where many RNA ...
Apr. 11, 2024 — Researchers reveal how DNA gyrase resolves DNA entanglements. The findings not only provide novel insights into this fundamental biological mechanism ...
Apr. 11, 2024 — Researchers have identified 14 genes that thale cress -- a plant commonly used in genetic investigations since its genome is well documented -- express more when responding to five specific ...
Apr. 11, 2024 — Traces of DNA in the stomachs of predatory snails give a team og geobiologists new insights into the ecology of ...
Apr. 10, 2024 — Cells contain various specialized structures -- such as the nucleus, mitochondria or peroxisomes -- known as 'organelles'. Tracing their genesis and determining their structure is fundamental to ...
Apr. 10, 2024 — Researchers decode repair mechanism during transcription of genetic ...
Apr. 10, 2024 — A new study reveals the detailed protein structure of the TAS2R14, a bitter taste receptor that allows us to perceive bitter taste. In addition to solving the structure of this taste receptor, the ...
Apr. 9, 2024 — Researchers have made a significant advancement toward understanding how the human genome is organized inside a single cell. This knowledge is ...
Apr. 5, 2024 — Researchers developed a foundational language model to decode mRNA sequences and optimize those sequences for vaccine development. The tool shows ...
Apr. 8, 2024 — Researchers have discovered that a worm commonly used in the study of biology uses a set of proteins unlike those seen in other studied organisms to protect the ends of its ...
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Apr. 8, 2024 — Genetic analysis finds evidence suggesting that acoustic fat bodies in the heads of toothed whales were once the muscles and bone marrow of the ...
Apr. 8, 2024 — Multidrug-resistant bacterial infections that cannot be treated by any known antibiotics pose a serious global threat. A research team has now introduced a method for the development of novel ...
Apr. 8, 2024 — A new dataset bridging molecular information about the poplar tree microbiome to ecosystem-level processes has been released. The project aims to inform research regarding how natural systems ...
Apr. 4, 2024 — The rusty-patched bumblebee, once common in the United States, has declined from about 90% of its former range. Researchers conducted the first range-wide genetic study of the endangered species to ...
Apr. 4, 2024 — Biophysicists have demonstrated how heat flows through rock fissures could have created the conditions for the emergence of ...
Apr. 3, 2024 — Researchers have discovered how certain proteins can attach to special structures in RNA, called G-quadruplexes. Additionally, they have developed computational tools capable of predicting these ...
Apr. 3, 2024 — A new sunflower family tree used skimmed genomes to increase the number of species sampled, revealing that flower symmetry evolved multiple times independently, a process called convergent evolution, ...
Apr. 3, 2024 — A new study finds that UCYN-A, a species of nitrogen-fixing cyanobacteria, may be evolving organelle-like ...
Apr. 3, 2024 — A recent breakthrough sheds light on how the malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum, invades human red blood cells. The study reveals the role of a sugar called sialic acid in this invasion process. ...
Apr. 3, 2024 — A genomic study of human and selected nonhuman primate centromeres has revealed their unimaginable diversity and speed of evolutionary change. Although centromeres are vital to proper cell ...
Apr. 3, 2024 — Genomic anamolies dating back to the time of the dinosaurs misled scientists about the evolutionary history of ...
Mar. 28, 2024 — A research consortium provides evidence that social behavior and social status are reflected at the molecular level of gene activation (epigenome) in juvenile and adult free-ranging spotted hyenas. ...
Mar. 28, 2024 — Researchers have identified how the tick-borne Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever virus enters our cells. The results are an important step in the development of drugs against the deadly ...
Mar. 28, 2024 — Through DNA sequencing of Tasmanian devils and their tumors, researchers have tracked the genomic interactions between the animals and the ...
Mar. 28, 2024 — Barley is one of the most important cereal crops on a global scale. Many barley cultivars produce a toxic alkaloid called gramine that affects the suitability of barley as fodder, but also helps to ...
Mar. 28, 2024 — Biologists have uncovered a quality control timing mechanism tied to cell division. The 'stopwatch' function keeps track of mitosis and acts as a protective measure when the process takes ...
Mar. 27, 2024 — Scientists created a highly accurate reference genome for one of the most important modern crops and found a rare example of how genes confer disease resistance in plants. Exploring sugarcane's ...
Mar. 27, 2024 — Researchers have recovered remarkably preserved microbiomes from two teeth dating back 4,000 years, found in an Irish limestone cave. Genetic analyses of these microbiomes reveal major changes in the ...
Mar. 27, 2024 — Understanding the structure of proteins is critical for demystifying their functions and developing drugs that target them. To that end, a team of researchers has developed a way of using machine ...
Mar. 26, 2024 — A study is the first to evaluate substrate recolonization by sponges in the U.S. Virgin Islands after two catastrophic storms using genetic analyses to understand how much clonality verses sexual ...
Monday, April 8, 2024
- Toothed Whale Echolocation Organs Evolved from Jaw Muscles
- Bringing Multidrug-Resistant Pathogens to Their Knees
- Integrated Dataset Enables Genes-to-Ecosystems Research
Thursday, April 4, 2024
- Rusty-Patched Bumblebee's Struggle for Survival Found in Its Genes
- Heat Flows the Secret to Order in Prebiotic Molecular Kitchen
Wednesday, April 3, 2024
- New Tools Reveal How Genes Work and Cells Organize
- New Sunflower Family Tree Reveals Multiple Origins of Flower Symmetry
- Evolution in Action? New Study Finds Possibility of Nitrogen-Fixing Organelles
- New Discovery Unravels Malaria Invasion Mechanism
- First View of Centromere Variation and Evolution
- We've Had Bird Evolution All Wrong
Thursday, March 28, 2024
- When Inequality Is More Than 'skin-Deep': Social Status Leaves Traces in the Epigenome of Spotted Hyenas in Tanzania
- How the Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Virus Enters Our Cells
- Genomic Research May Help Explain Cancer Resistance in Tasmanian Devils
- Researchers Discover Key Gene for Toxic Alkaloid in Barley
- Cell Division Quality Control 'stopwatch' Uncovered
Wednesday, March 27, 2024
- Sweet Success: Sugarcane's Complex Genetic Code Cracked
- Scientists Extract Genetic Secrets from 4,000-Year-Old Teeth to Illuminate the Impact of Changing Human Diets Over the Centuries
- New Technique for Predicting Protein Dynamics May Prove Big Breakthrough for Drug Discovery
Tuesday, March 26, 2024
- Severe Hurricanes Boost Influx of Juveniles and Gene Flow in a Coral Reef Sponge
- Discovery of Amino Acid Unveils How Light Makes Plants Open
Monday, March 25, 2024
Friday, March 22, 2024
Thursday, March 21, 2024
- As We Age, Our Cells Are Less Likely to Express Longer Genes
- Decoding the Plant World's Complex Biochemical Communication Networks
Wednesday, March 20, 2024
- Scientists Weigh Up Current Status of Blue Whale Populations Around the World
- Decoding the Easter Bunny -- An Eastern Finnish Brown Hare to Represent the Standard for the Species' Genome
- Across Oceans and Millennia: Decoding the Origin and History of the Bottle Gourd
- Fiber, Genes and the Gut Microbiome: Study Reveals Possible Triggers for Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Tuesday, March 19, 2024
- Empty 'backpacks' Activate the Immune System Against Cancer
- A Protein Found in Human Sweat May Protect Against Lyme Disease
Monday, March 18, 2024
- Genes Identified That Allow Bacteria to Thrive Despite Toxic Heavy Metal in Soil
- Engineers Measure pH in Cell Condensates
Friday, March 15, 2024
- Machine Learning Classifier Accelerates the Development of Cellular Immunotherapies
- Protein Fragments ID Two New 'extremophile' Microbes--and May Help Find Alien Life
Thursday, March 14, 2024
- It's Hearty, It's Meaty, It's Mold
- New Bioengineered Protein Design Shows Promise in Fighting COVID-19
- New Discovery Reveals How the Egg Controls Sperm Entry
- Even Cells Know the Importance of Recycling
Wednesday, March 13, 2024
- Sulfur and the Origin of Life
- Tryptophan in Diet, Gut Bacteria Protect Against E. Coli Infection
- New Computational Strategy Boosts the Ability of Drug Designers to Target Proteins Inside the Membrane
- Simple Trick Could Improve Accuracy of Plant Genetics Research
- Milk to the Rescue for Diabetics? Cow Produces Human Insulin in Milk
Tuesday, March 12, 2024
- A Simple and Robust Experimental Process for Protein Engineering
- Scientists Find Weak Points on Epstein-Barr Virus
- How a Natural Compound from Sea Squirts Combats Cancer
Monday, March 11, 2024
- New Study Reveals Transgenerational Effects of Pesticide Linuron on Frogs
- Researchers Uncover Protein Responsible for Cold Sensation
Friday, March 8, 2024
- Research Sheds Light on New Strategy to Treat Infertility
- New Study Discovers How Altered Protein Folding Drives Multicellular Evolution
- Researchers Develop Artificial Building Blocks of Life
- Mutation Solves a Century-Old Mystery in Meiosis
Thursday, March 7, 2024
- Vitamin A May Play a Central Role in Stem Cell Biology and Wound Repair
- How Does a Virus Hijack Insect Sperm to Control Disease Vectors and Pests?
- The Malaria Parasite Generates Genetic Diversity Using an Evolutionary 'copy-Paste' Tactic
- First Atom-Level Structure of Packaged Viral Genome Reveals New Properties, Dynamics
- Cracking Epigenetic Inheritance: Biologists Discovered the Secrets of How Gene Traits Are Passed on
Wednesday, March 6, 2024
- First Heat Map for Individual Red Blood Cells
- Marine Algae Implants Could Boost Crop Yields
- Revealing the Evolutionary Origin of Genomic Imprinting
- Universal Tool for Tracking Cell-to-Cell Interactions
- Synthetic Gene Helps Explain the Mysteries of Transcription Across Species
- Decoding the Language of Epigenetic Modifications
- Deconstructing the Structural Elements of a Lesser-Known Microbe
- Genetic Mutation in a Quarter of All Labradors Hard-Wires Them for Obesity
Tuesday, March 5, 2024
- Lab-Grown Liver Organoid to Speed Up Turtle Research, Making Useful Traits Easier to Harness
- Microalgae With Unusual Cell Biology
Monday, March 4, 2024
- Modeling the Origins of Life: New Evidence for an 'RNA World'
- An Evolutionary Mystery 125 Million Years in the Making
- Photosynthetic Secrets Come to Light
Friday, March 1, 2024
Thursday, February 29, 2024
- New Role for Bacterial Enzyme in Gut Metabolism Revealed
- Scientists Identify New 'regulatory' Function of Learning and Memory Gene Common to All Mammalian Brain Cells
- Scientists Develop Novel RNA Or DNA-Based Substances to Protect Plants from Viruses
- Radio Waves Can Tune Up Bacteria to Become Life-Saving Medicines
- Effect of Keratin Microsphere Gel on Hair Growth in Mice
Wednesday, February 28, 2024
- New Tool Helps Decipher Gene Behavior
- Nanocarrier With Escape Reflex
- Double Trouble at Chromosome Ends
- Change in Gene Code May Explain How Human Ancestors Lost Tails
Tuesday, February 27, 2024
- New Disease Testing Component Facilitates Lower-Cost Diagnostics
- First DNA Study of Ancient Eastern Arabians Reveals Malaria Adaptation
- New Discovery Shows How Cells Defend Themselves During Stressful Situations
- Scientists Use Blue-Green Algae as a Surrogate Mother for 'meat-Like' Proteins
- Microbial Comics: RNA as a Common Language, Presented in Extracellular Speech-Bubbles
- Low-Temperature Plasma Used to Remove E. Coli from Hydroponically Grown Crops
Monday, February 26, 2024
- Cutting-Edge 'protein Lawnmower' Created
- Blindness from Some Inherited Eye Diseases May Be Caused by Gut Bacteria
- The Small Intestine Adapt Its Size According to Nutrient Intake
Friday, February 23, 2024
- Biomolecular Condensates -- Regulatory Hubs for Plant Iron Supply
- Ribosomes: Molecular Wedge Assists Recycling
- Altering the Circadian Clock Adapts Barley to Short Growing Seasons
Thursday, February 22, 2024
- Compound Vital for All Life Likely Played a Role in Life's Origin
- Metabolic Diseases May Be Driven by Gut Microbiome, Loss of Ovarian Hormones
- Damage to Cell Membranes Causes Cell Aging