Genes News
April 6, 2025
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Apr. 4, 2025 — Damage to the mitochondria, the 'power plants' of the cells, contributes to many diseases. Researchers now describe how cells with defective mitochondria activate a special recycling system to eliminate damaged genetic ...
Apr. 4, 2025 — Collaborative research defines a novel approach to understanding how certain proteins called transcription factors determine which genetic programs will drive cell growth and maturation. The method, ...
Apr. 4, 2025 — Researchers have unveiled innovative, label-free ratiometric fluorosensor designed for the selective and sensitive detection of enteroviral RNA. The research promises to deliver even more advanced and effective detection methods, reinforcing the ...
Apr. 4, 2025 — Antibiotic resistance is a global health challenge that could overtake cancer mortality within a few decades. In a new study, researchers show that the emergence of resistance can be understood in ...
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Apr. 4, 2025 — C. difficile (C. diff) is one of the most common and contagious hospital-acquired infections. Research has found that C. diff spreads more than three ...
Apr. 4, 2025 — Scientists say they have found a pattern of so-called epigenetic 'marks' in a transition state between normal and pancreatic cancer cells in mice, ...
Apr. 3, 2025 — Drug-carrying DNA aptamers can deliver a one-two punch to leukemia by precisely targeting the elusive cancer stem cells that seed cancer relapses, ...
Apr. 3, 2025 — A team of researchers has uncovered a key cellular mechanism that affects the function of mRNA vaccines and therapeutics. Their study provides the ...
Apr. 3, 2025 — Researchers have developed a method that shows how the nervous system and sensory organs are formed in an embryo. By labeling stem cells with a genetic 'barcode', they have been able to follow the ...
Apr. 3, 2025 — Certain antibiotic-resistant infections could be treated with precision medicine in the future, thanks to a new resource mapping plasmids the ...
Apr. 3, 2025 — For patients with polycystic kidney disease (PKD), a common genetic disorder that ravages the waste-removing organ with cysts, dialysis and transplantation are among the only treatments. More than ...
Apr. 2, 2025 — The United States Cystic Fibrosis Foundation released the first guideline on newborn screening for cystic fibrosis (CF), in order to improve timely ...
Apr. 2, 2025 — An AI model trained on large amounts of genetic data can predict whether bacteria will become antibiotic-resistant. The new study shows that antibiotic resistance is more easily transmitted between ...
Apr. 1, 2025 — Genomic changes in the infectious yeast Candida tropicalis may play a role in its resistance to antifungals, according to a new study. These genomic ...
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Apr. 1, 2025 — In mice, autism symptoms arise when a certain pair of competing nerve proteins falls out of equilibrium, according to a new ...
Mar. 28, 2025 — The new study reveals a remarkable way that cells keep us safe from transposable elements (TEs) gone wild. The researchers found that cells have taken advantage of an entire protein network to ...
Mar. 28, 2025 — Roughly one out of three women ages 14-49 in the United States develop a vaginal bacterial imbalance known as bacterial vaginosis (BV) during their lifetime. BV is characterized by unpleasant odors, ...
Mar. 28, 2025 — Leveraging the power of AI and machine learning technologies, researchers developed a more effective model for predicting how patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer will respond to ...
Mar. 27, 2025 — Researchers have created a way to see your family tree as a movie rather than a still portrait by tracing where your ancestors moved across the globe over time. The statistical method can also be ...
Mar. 27, 2025 — To encourage scientists to speak up when people misuse science to serve political agendas, biology professor Mark Peifer of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill argues that eugenics should ...
Mar. 26, 2025 — Researchers have discovered that mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccines have a persistent effect on the innate immune system. These mechanisms may help the human body to better protect itself against potential ...
Mar. 26, 2025 — Six years before the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, an Ebola outbreak in West Africa had people fearing the possibility of a global outbreak. This was the first time many had ever heard of the ...
Mar. 26, 2025 — Researchers have found a unique molecular signature and genes in the orbitofrontal cortex associated with heroin-seeking behavior. A preclinical rodent model implicated a gene called Shisa7 as the ...
Mar. 26, 2025 — Researchers have developed 'tomoseqr' -- a new software tool that enables easy estimation of the three-dimensional (3D) spatial distribution of gene expression. Tomoseqr is free to use and ...
Mar. 25, 2025 — Researchers have solved a cellular mystery that may lead to better therapies for colorectal and other types of cancer. A professor of pediatrics-developmental biology and an assistant professor of ...
Mar. 25, 2025 — Exposure to antibiotics during a key developmental window in infancy can stunt growth of insulin-producing cells in the pancreas and may boost risk of diabetes later in life, new research in mice ...
Mar. 25, 2025 — New research offers unprecedented insight into how an enigmatic enzyme, known as CDK7, drives the cell cycle and cell ...
Mar. 25, 2025 — Scientists have discovered a promising way to trigger immune responses against certain tumors, using a lupus-related antibody that can slip, undetected, into 'cold' tumors and flip on an ...
Mar. 25, 2025 — Engineers have derived potent new antibiotics from a frog's secretions. The new molecules demonstrated capabilities on par with existing last-resort antibiotics, without harming human cells or ...
Mar. 25, 2025 — The pathogen C. diff -- the most common cause of health care-associated infectious diarrhea -- can use a compound that kills the human gut's resident microbes to survive and grow, giving it a ...
Mar. 25, 2025 — Researchers presented advances shaping the world of forensics, from research that could improve how forensic scientists estimate a person's age at death, to technology demos of CSIxR -- a ...
Mar. 24, 2025 — Antibiotic-resistant bacteria is a serious public health threat. Understanding the biology of these bacteria--such as how they synthesise their protective capsules--is essential for developing new ...
Mar. 21, 2025 — Researchers have developed eye drops that extend vision in animal models of a group of inherited diseases that lead to progressive vision loss in humans, known as retinitis ...
Mar. 20, 2025 — An international team has identified associations between modifications in the placenta and the risk of developing schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and major depression ...
Tuesday, April 1, 2025
Friday, March 28, 2025
- How a Critical Enzyme Keeps Potentially Dangerous Genes in Check
- Researchers Develop New DNA Test for Personalized Treatment of Bacterial Vaginosis
- AI Meets Oncology: New Model Personalizes Bladder Cancer Treatment
Thursday, March 27, 2025
- A Genetic Tree as a Movie: Moving Beyond the Still Portrait of Ancestry
- We Must Not Ignore Eugenics in Our Genetics Curriculum, Says Professor
Wednesday, March 26, 2025
- mRNA-Based COVID-19 Vaccines Train the 'long-Term Memory' Of the Immune System
- Remember Ebola?
- Study Identifies Shisa7 Gene as Key Driver in Heroin Addiction
- Developing Software for Easy Estimation of 3D Gene Expression Distribution
Tuesday, March 25, 2025
- 'Switch' Allows Intestinal Cells to Regenerate After Injury
- Antibiotic Exposure in Infancy May Boost Type 1 Diabetes Risk
- Study Unravels Mystery of Cancer-Fueling Enzyme--Could Lead to New Therapies
- Lupus-Related Antibody Shows Promise in Enhancing Cancer Treatment Efficacy
- Scientists Unlock Frogs' Antibacterial Secrets to Combat Superbugs
- C. Diff Uses Toxic Compound to Fuel Growth Advantage
- VR Crime Scene Tech
Monday, March 24, 2025
Friday, March 21, 2025
Thursday, March 20, 2025
- Part of the Genetic Risk for Schizophrenia Acts Through the Placenta
- New CRISPR Tool Enables More Seamless Gene Editing -- And Improved Disease Modeling
- Starting Points for the Control of Protein Synthesis
- Adaptive Defenses Against Malicious Jumping Genes
- Scientists Use Cellular Programming to Mimic First Days of Embryonic Development
- Breakthrough Molecular Movie Reveals DNA's Unzipping Mechanism With Implications for Viral and Cancer Treatments
- New Function Discovered for Protein Important in Leukemia
Wednesday, March 19, 2025
Tuesday, March 18, 2025
- Non-Genetic Theories of Cancer Address Inconsistencies in Current Paradigm
- Researchers Find Missing Link in Autoimmune Disorder
- Embryo Development Holds Key to Healthy Lifestyles
- Genetic Study Reveals Hidden Chapter in Human Evolution
- Restoring Heart Function in Myotonic Dystrophy Type 1
- Bacteria Invade Brain After Implanting Medical Devices
Monday, March 17, 2025
- RNA Origami: Artificial Cytoskeletons to Build Synthetic Cells
- Inflammatory Messenger Fuels Alzheimer's
- Scientists Gain Insight Into RNA-Editing Protein That Could Lead to Improved Treatment for Cancer, Autoimmune Diseases
Friday, March 14, 2025
- Immunotherapy May Boost KRAS-Targeted Therapy in Pancreatic Cancer
- Scientists Discover How to Reactivate Cancer's Molecular 'kill Switch'
- New AI Model Reveals Your True Biological Age from 5 Drops of Blood
- New Members of the CDKL Family of Genes Linked to Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Thursday, March 13, 2025
- Cellular Circuit Controls How DNA Damage Is Repaired, Affecting Risk of Disease as We Age
- Researchers Develop Method to Identify Dormant Cells That Carry HIV
- Newly Uncovered Mechanism Could Drive Next-Gen Cystic Fibrosis Treatments
- Scientists Solve Decades-Long Parkinson's Mystery
- Re-Purposed FDA-Approved Drug Could Help Treat High-Grade Glioma
- Antigenic Variation: Decoding the Mechanism Controlling Antigen Activation in Trypanosomes
- RNA Molecule Identified as Possible Driver of Gastric Cancer
- New CRISPRs Expand Upon the Original's Abilities
Wednesday, March 12, 2025
Tuesday, March 11, 2025
- Beneficial Genetic Changes Observed in Regular Blood Donors
- Nwd1 Gene Deletion Triggers MASH-Like Pathology in Mice
- New Method Uses DNA Barcodes for High Throughput RNA and Protein Detection in Deep Tissue
Monday, March 10, 2025
- AI Tool to Make Genetic Research More Comprehensive
- Cryo-Electron Microscopy Reveals Hidden Mechanics of DNA Replication, Sheds New Light on Cancer Target
- Is Red Wine a Healthier Choice Than White Wine? Uncorking the Cancer Risks
- FLIpping the Switch: Boosting Stem Cell Numbers for Therapies
Thursday, March 6, 2025
- Brain Mapping Unlocks Key Alzheimer's Insights
- Scientists Identify Genes That Make Humans and Labradors More Likely to Become Obese
- Scientists Upends Scientific Understanding of How Anticancer Drugs Kill Cancer
Wednesday, March 5, 2025
Tuesday, March 4, 2025
Monday, March 3, 2025
- Study Uncovers Genetic Drivers of Aggressive Prostate Cancer
- How a Crucial DNA Repair Protein Works -- And What It Means for Cancer Treatment
- How a Low-Carb Diet Can Drive Colorectal Cancer Development
- New Biosensor Can Detect Airborne Bird Flu in Under 5 Minutes
- Breakthrough CRISPR-Based Test Offers Faster, More Accurate Diagnosis for Fungal Pneumonia
- Researchers Develop Enhanced Method for Wastewater Surveillance of Antibiotic Resistance
Friday, February 28, 2025
Thursday, February 27, 2025
- New 4D Brain Map Reveals Potential Early Warning Signs of Multiple Sclerosis
- Violence Alters Human Genes for Generations, Researchers Discover
- From Dormant to Danger: How VZV Reactivation Is Driving Central Nervous System Infections
- Breakthrough Study Discovers Genetic Mutation Could Be Basis for Novel Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis
- Scientists Track Pneumonia-Causing Bacteria as They Infect the Blood Stream
- One Gene Variant Is Poised to Cure a Devastating Inherited Disease
Wednesday, February 26, 2025
- Why Brain Cancer Is Often Resistant to Immunotherapy
- Extreme Heat May Speed Up Aging in Older Adults
- New Method Searches Through 10 Sextillion Drug Molecules
- A Protein from Tiny Tardigrades May Help Cancer Patients Tolerate Radiation Therapy
- Comprehensive Resource Describes Functions of More Than 20,000 Human Genes
- AI Accelerates Discovery of Neurodevelopmental Disorder-Associated Genes
- Genomics Approach to Metabolism Reveals How Reactions Flow
- Discovery of Rare Gene Variants Provides Window Into Tailored Type 2 Diabetes Treatment
Tuesday, February 25, 2025
- Research Challenges Our Understanding of Cancer Predisposition
- Researchers Develop Antibody-Toxin Conjugate
- Researchers Discover 16 New Alzheimer's Disease Susceptibility Genes
- New Study Reveals Neanderthals Experienced Population Crash 110,000 Years Ago
- Novel Bone Marrow Transplant Can Cure Sickle Cell Disease, Study Suggests
- 'Ultra-Rapid' Testing Unlocks Cancer Genetics in the Operating Room
- New Technique Reveals How the Same Mutations Give Rise to Very Different Types of Leukaemia
Monday, February 24, 2025
- DNA Origami Suggests Route to Reusable, Multifunctional Biosensors
- Researchers Advance RNA Medical Discovery Decades Ahead of Schedule
- Origin and Diversity of Hun Empire Populations
- New AI Model Measures How Fast the Brain Ages
- Research Suggests Common Viral Infection Worsens Deadly Condition Among Premature Babies
Friday, February 21, 2025
Thursday, February 20, 2025
- Promising New Class of Antimalarial Drugs Discovered
- Biologists Discover a New Type of Control Over RNA Splicing
- Digging Into a Decades-Old Hepatitis B Mystery Suggests a New Potential Treatment
- Hidden Genetic Causes of Congenital Heart Disease Identified