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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New doctors’ DNA ages six times faster than normal in first year: Long work hours of intern year associated with accelerated shortening of telomere regions of chromosomes
In just a few short weeks, tens of thousands of newly minted doctors will start the most intense year of their training: the first year
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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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Classroom crowdscience: Students challenged to detect schizophrenia genes
Teaching big data to future scientists means having them think creatively about ways to harness the terabytes of information available to them. To that end,
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An existing drug may have therapeutic potential in mitochondrial disease: Animal studies may offer clues to possible precision medicine approach
New preclinical findings from extensive cell and animal studies suggest that a drug already used for a rare kidney disease could benefit patients with some
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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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Dynamic aspirin: Molecular vibrations drive electrons over large distances
Aspirin is not only an important drug but also an interesting physics model system in which molecular vibrations and electrons are coupled in a particular
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