Genes News
June 3, 2025
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June 2, 2025 — Making a discovery with the potential for innovative applications in pharmaceutical development, a microbiology student has found a long sought-after fungus that produces effects similar to the semisynthetic drug LSD, which is used to treat ...
June 2, 2025 — A new way of thinking about Alzheimer's disease has yielded a discovery that could be the key to stopping the cognitive decline seen in Alzheimer's and other neurodegenerative diseases, including ALS and ...
May 30, 2025 — New research has found that men who carry a common genetic variant are twice as likely to develop dementia in their lifetime compared to ...
May 29, 2025 — SAVANA uses a machine learning algorithm to identify cancer-specific structural variations and copy number aberrations in long-read DNA sequencing data. The complex structure of cancer genomes means that standard analysis tools give false-positive ...
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May 29, 2025 — Researchers have identified a monoacylglycerol acyltransferase-coding gene named bishu-1. It is involved in the thermal responsiveness of cool ...
May 29, 2025 — Cohesin is a protein that forms a ring-shaped complex which wraps and alters the DNA molecule shape. It moves through the DNA and creates specific loops in the genetic material which determine the ...
May 29, 2025 — New HIV research shows that small changes in the virus affect how quickly or slowly it replicates and how easily it can reawaken in the body. These insights bring researchers closer to finding ways ...
May 28, 2025 — Researchers have identify a set of biomarkers that could someday make it easy to spot the disease in a patient's blood ...
May 28, 2025 — Researchers have discovered two genes, RNF144B and ENPP1, that cause calcium pyrophosphate deposition (CPPD) disease in Americans of European and ...
May 28, 2025 — Researchers have discovered that the combination of the two cancer drugs Rapamycin and Trametinib significantly extends the lifespan of mice. This therapy shows greater effects than the individual ...
May 28, 2025 — Parasitic worms that infect humans are not interbreeding with those that infect cattle as previously thought. This is good news for when it comes to controlling schistosomiasis, a disease caused by ...
May 28, 2025 — The protein DNase1 is one of the oldest biological agents in history: It has been on the market since 1958 and is now used, among other things, to treat cystic fibrosis. However, it takes ...
May 28, 2025 — Researchers have developed a way to edit the genetic sequences at the root of Huntington's disease and Friedreich's ataxia. If longer than a certain threshold length, these sequences grow in length ...
May 27, 2025 — Mutations accumulated in mitochondrial DNA associated with aging were earlier believed to cause aging by decreasing the energy-producing function ...
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May 29, 2025 — Long considered a disease brought to the Americas by European colonizers, leprosy may actually have a much older history on the American continent. Scientists reveal that a recently identified second ...
May 29, 2025 — Scientists have documented the way a single gene in the bacterium that causes bubonic plague, Yersinia pestis, allowed it to survive hundreds of years by adjusting its virulence and the length of ...
May 29, 2025 — New techniques used to analyze soft tissue in dinosaur fossils may hold the key to new cancer discoveries. Researchers have analyzed dinosaur fossils using advanced paleoproteomic techniques, a ...
May 28, 2025 — Researchers compared the whole genome sequence of two genetically distinct lineages of bed bug, and their findings indicate bed bugs may well be the first true urban ...
May 28, 2025 — In a major leap forward for genetic and biomedical research, scientists have developed a powerful new artificial intelligence tool that can predict the 3D shape of chromosomes inside individual cells ...
May 27, 2025 — A new study suggests that boys who become overweight in their early teens risk damaging the genes of their future children, increasing their chances of developing asthma, obesity and low lung ...
May 27, 2025 — A biobank for pediatric kidney tumors plays a key role in identifying hereditary causes of Wilms tumors. New insights gained with its help enable better risk assessment for affected families and ...
May 27, 2025 — A new study suggests how APOE2 is protective while APOE4 increases disease risk by regulating the brain's immune ...
May 23, 2025 — Some patients with a rare form of ALS benefited from an experimental therapy, with biomarker evidence of reduced injury to neurons and even limited functional ...
May 22, 2025 — Scientists have developed new tools to improve gene therapy in advanced stages of inherited retinal diseases (IRDs) such as retinitis pigmentosa and Leber congenital ...
May 22, 2025 — For gene therapy to work well, therapeutic molecules need to be efficiently delivered to the correct locations in the body -- a job commonly given to adeno-associated viruses (AAV). To improve the ...
May 22, 2025 — The bacteria that cause tuberculosis (TB) may have an 'on-off switch' that lets them pause and restart growth, according to a new study. The research helps explain why TB is so hard to ...
May 22, 2025 — Researchers uncover a notorious cholera strain that contains sophisticated immune systems to fend off viruses, which potentially helped it to fuel a devastating epidemic across Latin ...
May 22, 2025 — When the workload on the heart increases, the ventricular wall may thicken too, known as cardiac hypertrophy. This is an adaptive response that reduces pressure on the heart and maintains the ...
May 22, 2025 — Researchers have identified a remarkably small but critical piece of genetic code that helps determine how brain cells connect, communicate, and function. The discovery not only deepens our ...
May 21, 2025 — An artificial intelligence technique for detecting DNA fragments shed by tumors and circulating in a patient's blood could help clinicians more quickly identify and determine if pancreatic ...
May 21, 2025 — A randomized trial suggests vitamin D can protect against telomere shortening, which is linked to risk of age-related ...
May 21, 2025 — An international study has uncovered why a widely used treatment for acute myeloid leukemia (AML) doesn't work for everyone. The findings could help doctors better match patients with the ...
May 21, 2025 — Two of the traits that set modern humans apart from non-human primates are taller stature and a higher basal metabolic rate. Researchers have identified a genetic variant that contributed to the ...
May 21, 2025 — A study explains how age reshapes the blood system. In both humans and mice, a few stem cells out-compete their neighbors and gradually take over blood production. The loss of diversity results in a ...
Thursday, May 29, 2025
- Leprosy Existed in America Long Before Arrival of Europeans
- Evolution of a Single Gene Allowed the Plague to Adapt, Survive and Kill Much of Humanity Over Many Centuries
- Dinosaurs Could Hold Key to Cancer Discoveries
Wednesday, May 28, 2025
- Bed Bugs Are Most Likely the First Human Pest, New Research Shows
- New AI Tool Reveals Single-Cell Structure of Chromosomes -- In 3D
Tuesday, May 27, 2025
- Boys Who Are Overweight in Their Early Teens Risk Passing on Harmful Epigenetic Traits to Future Children
- Wilms Tumors: How Genes and Imprinting Pave the Way for Cancer
- Different Versions of APOE Protein Have Varying Effect on Microglia in Alzheimer's Disease
Friday, May 23, 2025
Thursday, May 22, 2025
- New Tools to Treat Retinal Degenerations at Advanced Stages of Disease
- Researchers Develop Gene Therapy That Can Target Airway and Lungs Via Nasal Spray
- Study Discovers DNA Switch That Controls TB Growth, and Could Help Unlock Its Antibiotic Resistance Secrets
- How Cholera Bacteria Outsmart Viruses
- New Factor Linked to Heart Failure
- Tiny Genetic Switch Found to Control Brain Balance and Behavior
Wednesday, May 21, 2025
- 'Fast-Fail' AI Blood Test Could Steer Patients With Pancreatic Cancer Away from Ineffective Therapies
- Vitamin D Supplements Show Signs of Protection Against Biological Aging
- Why Common Leukemia Treatments Fail in Some Patients
- This Gene Variant Contributed to the Dietary and Physiological Evolution of Modern Humans
- 'Barcodes' Written Into Our DNA Reveal How Blood Ages
- Newfound Mechanism Rewires Cellular Energy Processing for Drastic Weight Loss
- Scientists Design Gene Delivery Systems for Cells in the Brain and Spinal Cord
- Live View: Stress-Induced Changes in Generations of Cancer Cells
Tuesday, May 20, 2025
- New Genetic Test Can Diagnose Brain Tumors in as Little as Two Hours
- New Research on ALS Opens Up for Early Treatment
- Advanced Genomics Study Improves Detection of Hard-to-Find Diarrheal Infections
- Beyond Hormones: Researchers Define X and Y Chromosome Contributions to Height
- New Blood Test Shows Superior Sensitivity in Detecting HPV-Associated Head and Neck Cancers
Monday, May 19, 2025
- A First Blueprint of Chemical Transport Pathways in Human Cells
- New Protein Target for Childhood Medulloblastomas
- Maintaining Balance in the Immune System
Friday, May 16, 2025
- Scientists Discover Key Gene Impacts Liver Energy Storage, Affecting Metabolic Disease Risk
- Novel Molecular Maneuver Helps Malaria Parasite Dodge the Immune System
Thursday, May 15, 2025
- New Gene Editor Enables Greater Precision
- Asians Made Humanity's Longest Prehistoric Migration and Shaped the Genetic Landscape in the Americas
- Enzyme Identified as an Important Tumor Inhibitor in T-Cell Lymphomas
- Protein Switch Turns Anti-Viral Immune Response on and Off
- Recessive Genes Are Subject to Darwinian Selection
- Marfan Syndrome Increases Risk of Brain Alterations
- South African Study Identifies Two New Breast Cancer Genes in Black Women
- How Rearranged Genes Drive Kidney Cancer Progression
- Study Reveals Why Women Tend to Have Faster Heartbeats, Men More Irregular Rhythms
- Infant With Rare, Incurable Disease Is First to Successfully Receive Personalized Gene Therapy Treatment
Wednesday, May 14, 2025
- Marsupial Research Reveals How Mammalian Embryos Form
- Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Gene Therapy
- MRI Scans Could Help Detect Life-Threatening Heart Disease
- A Step Forward in Treating Serious Genetic Disorders Prenatally
- Discovery of FLASH Effect Conditions Using Compact Carbon Ion Synchrotron Opens Door to Safer Cancer Therapy
Tuesday, May 13, 2025
- Higher Success Rate Using a Simple Oral Swab Test Before IVF
- New Light Shed on Health Differences Between Males and Females
- 'Loop'hole: HIV-1 Hijacks Human Immune Cells Using Circular RNAs
Monday, May 12, 2025
Friday, May 9, 2025
- A More Realistic Look at DNA in Action
- Researchers Map 7,000-Year-Old Genetic Mutation That Protects Against HIV
- Improving Newborn Genetic Screening
- New Gene Linked to Severe Cases of Fanconi Anemia
- Heart Rhythm Disorder Traced to Bacterium Lurking in Our Gums
Thursday, May 8, 2025
- Unique Model of Rare Epileptic Disease Helps Pinpoint Potential Treatment Route
- Mammal's Lifespans Linked to Brain Size and Immune System Function, Says New Study
- AI-Designed DNA Controls Genes in Healthy Mammalian Cells for First Time
Wednesday, May 7, 2025
- Non-Inherited Genes Affect Children's Development
- Scientists Discover the Genes That Influence When Babies Start Walking
- Childhood Brain Tumors Develop Early in Highly Specialized Nerve Cells
Tuesday, May 6, 2025
- Accelerating Drug Discovery With a Single Carbon Atom
- Research Advances on 'displacing' Antibiotic Resistance Gene from Bacteria
Monday, May 5, 2025
- Study Finds One Protein That Mitigates Huntington's Disease, and One That Exacerbates It
- Certain Traits in Romantic Partners Can Amplify the Impact of a Person's Genetic Risk for Alcohol Problems
- New Molecular Label Could Lead to Simpler, Faster Tuberculosis Tests
- Urban Rats Spread Deadly Bacteria as They Migrate, Study Finds
- Harnessing Generative AI to Expand the Mitochondrial Targeting Toolkit
Friday, May 2, 2025
- Process Driving Evolution and Major Diseases
- New Gene-Editing Therapy Shows Early Success in Fighting Advanced GI Cancers
- The All-Female Korean Haenyeo Divers Show Genetic Adaptions to Cold Water Diving
- Scientists Engineer Precision Tool for Mitochondrial DNA Manipulation
Thursday, May 1, 2025
Wednesday, April 30, 2025
- A Protein Link Between Brain Diseases and Leaky Blood Vessels
- New Technology Facilitates Delivery of Advanced Medicines
- Bacterial Villain Behind Lake Erie's 'potent Toxin' Unveiled
- 'Explainable' AI Cracks Secret Language of Sticky Proteins
- Seasonal Changes Affect Alcohol Tolerance and Your Waistline
Monday, April 28, 2025
- Gene Circuits Enable More Precise Control of Gene Therapy
- Influenza Virus Hacks Cell's Internal System
- Largest Osteoarthritis Genetic Study Uncovers Pathways to New Therapies and Repurposed Drugs
Friday, April 25, 2025
- Are 'zombie' Skin Cells Harmful or Helpful? The Answer May Be in Their Shapes
- New Way to Prevent Duodenal Cancer
- Structure Dictates Effectiveness, Safety in Nanomedicine
- AI Helps Unravel a Cause of Alzheimer's Disease and Identify a Therapeutic Candidate
- This Injected Protein-Like Polymer Helps Tissues Heal After a Heart Attack
- In Down Syndrome Mice, 40Hz Light and Sound Improve Cognition, Neurogenesis, Connectivity
Thursday, April 24, 2025
Wednesday, April 23, 2025
- Clinical Trials to Test Vaccine Against Alzheimer's-Promoting Tau Protein
- How Bacteria in Our Aging Guts Can Elevate Risk of Leukemia and Perhaps More
- Childhood Exposure to Bacterial Toxin May Be Triggering Colorectal Cancer Epidemic Among the Young
- Parts of Our DNA May Evolve Much Faster Than Previously Thought
- How DNA Self-Organizes in the Early Embryo
Tuesday, April 22, 2025
- DNA Origami Guides New Possibilities in the Fight Against Pancreatic Cancer
- Researchers Use Machine Learning to Engineer 'bespoke Enzymes' For Gene Editing
- Shining a Light on DNA: A Rapid, Ultra-Sensitive, PCR-Free Detection Method
- Three-Dimensional Gene Hubs May Promote Brain Cancer
- Evidence of Potential Bed Bug Insecticide Resistance in Gene Mutation