Hard-to-study mutations in the human genome, called short tandem repeats, known as STRs or microsatellites, are implicated in the expression of genes associated with complex
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Gene editing tool gets sharpened by WFIRM team
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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Scientists discover hidden differences among cells that may help them evade drug therapy: The discovery by UMD researchers suggests ‘functional mosaicism’ could explain some antibiotic resistance and cancer relapse
University of Maryland researchers have discovered that seemingly identical cells can use different protein molecules to carry out the same function in an important cellular
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New method for imaging biological molecules
Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have, together with colleagues from Aalto University in Finland, developed a new method for creating images of molecules in
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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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Cancer susceptibility genes
Genome-wide association studies (GWASs) have identified hundreds of genetic “risk” variants for human cancers. The vast majority likely contribute to cancer development by regulating the
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Key protein for Epstein-Barr virus infection
Scientists at the Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona) and the Molecular Biology Institute of Barcelona (IBMB-CSIC) have published a study in the journal
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Numbers count in the genetics of moles and melanomas
University of Queensland scientists have identified a way to help dermatologists determine a patient’s risk of developing melanoma. UQ Diamantina Institute researcher Associate Professor Rick
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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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All ears: Genetic bases of mammalian inner ear evolution
Mammals have adapted to live in the darkest of caves and the deepest oceans, and from the highest mountains to the plains. Along the way,
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