Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine scientists have fine-tuned their delivery system to deliver a DNA editing tool to alter DNA sequences and modify gene
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Researchers move beyond sequencing and create a 3D genome: Read how scientists have used a 3D genome to improve understanding of gene regulation during development and disease
Like pirates on a treasure hunt, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital scientists have created the first 3D map of a mouse genome and used it
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A new signaling pathway for mTor-dependent cell growth
The activation of mTor complex 1 in the cell is central to many vital processes in the body such as cell growth and metabolism. Overactivity
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Researchers find cause of rare, fatal disease that turns babies’ lips and skin blue: Mouse models developed with CRISPR technology lead to possible nanoparticle treatment
Scientists used a gene editing method called CRISPR/Cas9 to generate mice that faithfully mimic a fatal respiratory disorder in newborn infants that turns their lips
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New computational tool improves gene identification
Like finding a needle in a haystack, identifying genes that are involved in particular diseases can be an arduous and time consuming process. Looking to
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Genetic defect causing intellectual disability found: Discovery will help end ‘diagnostic odyssey’ for many families
Researchers at the University of Sussex have discovered a new genetic defect which causes a form of intellectual disability — a finding that will improve
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Proton therapy shows efficacy, low toxicity in large cohort of children with high-risk neuroblastoma: Study supports expanded use of proton therapy to minimize radiation exposure to healthy, developing organs
Researchers from Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) and the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania analyzed the largest cohort to date of
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How Viagra puts a brake on a master growth regulator to treat heart disease: New findings have implications for heart failure, but also for cancer, diabetes and autoimmune disorders
When normal cells grow, divide or do any job in the body, they do so in response to a whole slew of internal sensors that
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High-dose radiation therapy improves long-term survival in patients with stage-IV cancers, trial finds
The first report from a phase II, multi-center clinical trial indicates that a newer, more aggressive form of radiation therapy — stereotactic radiation — can
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Genetically modified food opponents know less than they think, research finds
The people who hold the most extreme views opposing genetically modified (GM) foods think they know most about GM food science, but actually know the
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