Sleep duration and genetics interact to affect functional health
Lifestyle-behavioral factors and socioeconomic status play an important role in shaping healthy aging, but their effects may differ…
Researchers identify the limiting factors behind protein diversification
The number of known proteins is infinitely small in comparison to the universe of possible proteins which could…
Circulating tumor DNA predicts breast cancer relapse after treatment
Fragments of tumor DNA circulating in the bloodstream of patients with breast cancer can predict whether they are…
Blood pressure drug boosts effectiveness of cancer therapy
In a new Dartmouth Cancer Center (DCC) study led by clinical researcher Tyler J. Curiel, MD, MPH, FACP,…
Tricorder Tech: Protein Sequencing Advance Offers New Insights Into Life’s Foundations
DNA-encoded Edman degradation on magnetic beads. (A) Reaction scheme for barcoding PTC amino acids via DNA-encoded Edman degradation…
AlphaFold Database expands with millions of predicted protein complexes
A new collaboration between EMBL’s European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI), Google DeepMind, NVIDIA, and Seoul National University has made…
DNA’s Building Blocks May Have Arrived from Space, Asteroid Ryugu Samples Suggest
Samples returned by JAXA’s Hayabusa-2 mission from the C-type asteroid (162173) Ryugu contain all five canonical nucleobases —…
Uncovering Ancient DNA Sequences That Control Gene Function Across Plant Evolution
Phylogeny of the 284 species of plants included in Conservatory data set. Conservatory uncovered ~2.3 million conserved non-coding…
Ancient DNA Switches Found in Plants After 400 Million Years
When we think of evolution, the gradual evolutionary change comes to mind: dinosaurs turning into birds, ancient forests…
New Research Links Daily Multivitamins to Slower Biological Aging
In a randomized clinical trial of older adults, researchers found that taking multivitamins for two years modestly slowed…
Transposable elements cause majority of lethal mutations in fruit flies
Most lethal mutations in wild fruit flies are driven by newly transferred jumping genes, not small DNA errors,…
Enzyme helps maintain retinal progenitor cells during eye development
The retina is a thin layer of neural tissue at the back of the eye that detects light…