Scientists capture atomic images to improve RNA interference drug design
RNA interference is a natural mechanism for living cells to control whether specific genes are being used or…
New screening approach identifies proteins that control human gene expression
Researchers at University of California San Diego have developed a large-scale screening approach that identifies proteins controlling a…
Longevity Research Reveals: Common Drugs Could Impact Aging
The quest to prolong life has gone on for as long as human existence itself, from the mythical…
Base editing technique reveals crucial gene for early human development
Research led by the University of Cambridge Loke Centre for Trophoblast Research has shown that a genome editing…
Onion-loving gene linked to lower diabetes and blood pressure risk
Imagine if a doctor could look at your DNA and predict not just your disease risk, but also…
Synthetic biology platform unmasks hidden bacterial targets of bacteriophages
An interdisciplinary team of Rice University researchers has uncovered previously unknown relationships between bacteriophages – viruses that infect…
Hormone cycles dictate how the brain absorbs neuroprotective drugs
Consider what we ask of a clinical trial. We gather people who differ in nearly every way that…
Family genetics study reveals clues to longer healthspan
Understanding why some people stay healthy without developing disease until late in life (have an increased healthspan), whereas…
Engineered phages use molecular anchors to enter human cells
The study identified phage surface proteins acting as molecular anchors. These proteins confer phages ith the ability to attach…
Noninvasive sequencing expands prenatal genetic screening capabilities
While non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT) has revolutionised prenatal diagnostics by allowing the detection of a number of genetic…
Ancient unicellular organism offers clues to animal origins
A recent study by Ruibao Li and Jennah Dharamshi published in Nature may help us understand the beginnings…
New genetic driver found for rare small intestinal cancers
A signaling system known as the Wnt pathway plays a central role in how cells in the intestine…