These Genetic Insights Into Rheumatoid Arthritis Could Help Design Better Treatments
Newswise — People with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) often have trouble getting out of bed in the morning, let…
Scientists aiming to bring back woolly mammoth create woolly mice | Gene editing
A plan to revive the mammoth is on track, scientists have said after creating a new species: the…
Decades-long mystery of ginger cats revealed
For decades scientists have observed that cats with completely ginger colouring are far more likely to be male.…
New technology embeds unique genetic identifiers in engineered cells
Genetically engineered cell lines used in biomedical research have long been prone to misidentification and unauthorized use, wasting…
Little Waldingfield boy with rare genetic disorder inspires Halstead football fund-raiser for two charities
The family of a young boy with a rare genetic condition have vowed to continue fighting to give…
July: New genetic analysis predicts risk of adult obesity from childhood | News and features
A new genetic analysis using data from over five million people has provided a clearer understanding of the…
Preclinical Data Spotlights Gene with Therapeutic Potential for Barth Syndrome
Barth Syndrome is a rare X-linked genetic condition caused by a mutation in the Tafazzin gene, which is…
One Diet Can Lower Genetic Risk For Alzheimer’s, Scientists Discover
Adhering to a Mediterranean diet has been found to reduce the risk of Alzheimer’s disease even among individuals…
High-throughput phenotyping platform uncovers genetic basis of wheat spike morphology evolution
Credit: Cell Reports (2025). DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2025.116120 A collaborative research team led by Lu Fei from the Institute of…
How quickly mRNA degrades is linked to autoimmune disease risk
Experimental support for asRS variants. Schematic illustration of MapUTR design. Credit: Nature Genetics (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41588-025-02326-8 A pizza shop…
Interplay of genetic predisposition, plasma metabolome and Mediterranean diet in dementia risk and cognitive function
Ethics statement This study included de-identified data from participants who had consented to the use of their anonymized…
Researchers can accurately tell someone’s age using AI and just a bit of DNA
At the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, scientists created a new way to tell someone’s age using just a…