The study could serve as the basis for novel strategies to ensure that future generations are not affected by such diseases. Existing treatments are palliative,…
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DNA replication in mouse embryonic stem cells. Red: newly synthesized DNA. Credit: Helmholtz Zentrum München / Tsunetoshi Nakatani Adult cells in our body can only…
Many of today’s marine invertebrates, including sponges and jellyfish, have chromosomes with the same ancient structure they inherited from their primitive ancestors more than 600…
Validating genetic diagnosis of neurological and neuromuscular diseases using faster, smaller, cheaper sequencing technologies. A new DNADNA, or deoxyribonucleic acid, is a molecule composed of…
Blue Shark Pet owners may unknowingly be feeding their pets with meat from endangered shark species, shows a new study published in Frontiers in Marine…
The potato is becoming more and more integral to diets worldwide including even Asian countries like China where rice is the traditional staple food. Building…
LJI researchers shed light on the role of TET enzymes in genomic stability and cancers. Scientists at the La Jolla Institute for Immunology (LJI) have…
New research provides evidence of demographic shifts in sub-Saharan Africa. A new analysis of human remains that were buried in African archaeological sites has produced…
A new study from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden shows how certain RNARibonucleic acid (RNA) is a polymeric molecule similar to DNA that is essential in…
A team of KAUST researchers used nematode worms to explore how short-term genetic memories can be inherited across generations. Credit: © 2022 KAUST; Veronica Moraru…
Researchers at Osaka University use a tiny thermometer to directly monitor changes in temperature when ions pass through a nanopore, which may lead to more…
An international team led by researchers at the University of Huddersfield has used ancient DNA to rewrite the history of the Orkney islands. The research…
Scientists have revealed that the genomes of marine invertebrates have been surprisingly stable across deep time. Over millions of years, random mutations cause sections of…
An effort of 15 deep-sea international expeditions has allowed the analysis of abyssal sediments collected in all major oceanic regions, including the Arctic and Southern…
Previous studies of a genetic on/off switch may have been confounded by contamination, but Mount Sinai scientists have created a new tool for accurately determining…
Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai found that most disease-causing mutations have a low risk of actually causing disease. Credit: Courtesy…
Genetic material found in permafrost sediments from the Yukon contains rich information about ancient ecosystems. Credit: Julius Csotonyi/Government of Yukon In 2010, small cores of…
A former UBC post-doctoral research fellow led an international research team in re-analyzing all public RNA sequencing data to uncover almost ten times more RNA…
Nucleic acid vaccines use mRNA to give cells instructions on how to produce a desired protein. The two most successful coronavirus vaccines developed in the…
The Earth Biogenome Project, a global consortium that aims to sequence the genomes of all complex life on earth (some 1.8 million described species) in…