Unveiling the dual role of HIV integrase in viral replication
The rate of HIV infection continues to climb globally. Around 40 million people live with HIV-1, the most…
Researchers engineer a tool to dismantle cancer’s RNA-built growth hubs
In a city, coworking hubs bring people and ideas together. Inside cancer cells, similar hubs form-but instead of…
Genomics study detects rare diarrheal infections
Google’s new AI tool can read DNA like a language, and see immediately if a word substitution will…
Review reveals how paternal lifestyle shapes sperm epigenetics and offspring health
A new review in Clinical Epigenetics synthesises growing evidence that paternal lifestyle and environmental exposures such as diet,…
Scientists Create The Most Efficient Lifeform On Earth After Altering 101,000 Lines Of Genetic Code » TwistedSifter
Shutterstock Creating life is something that scientists have been able to do for a while now. In 2010,…
Cancer hijacks embryonic gene editors to fuel growth
Cancer cells are known to reawaken embryonic genes to grow. A new study reveals the disease also hijacks…
Baker’s Yeast Can Survive Mars-like Stress Conditions, New Study Shows
Exploring the possibility of the survival of life under extraterrestrial conditions is an important goal of astrobiology. In…
Research uncovers ASPL’s critical role in stress granule life cycle
Stress granules are droplet-like protein hubs that temporarily shield fragile RNA from cellular stresses such as toxins. VCP…
SMOC1 gene plays a surprising role in the development of type 2 diabetes
Scientists at City of Hope®, one of the largest and most advanced cancer research and treatment organizations in…
New tool enables and enhances protein investigations
A new tool greatly improves scientists’ ability to identify and study proteins that regulate gene activity in cells,…
Single-cell RNA sequencing reveals key genes and potential targeted drugs for OA treatment
Researchers from the Department of Orthopedics at Taicang TCM Hospital Affiliated to Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine have…
Researchers uncover how HIV-1 uses RNA:DNA hybrids to integrate into the genome
Researchers at the German Center for Infection Research (DZIF) at Heidelberg University Hospital have decoded a previously unknown…