These 8 GMOs tell a brief history of genetic modification microbiologystudy
Half a century ago, the first genetically modified organism ushered in a new era of biological innovation. To mark this […]
Genetics
Proteogenomics analysis of high-grade gliomas offers hints on tumor evolution microbiologystudy
Graphical abstract. Credit: Cancer Cell (2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.ccell.2024.06.004 In August 2023, a team of researchers including Dr. Eduard Porta, group
Here’s how high-speed diving kingfishers may avoid concussions microbiologystudy
Genetic tweaks in kingfishers might help cushion the blow when the diving birds plunge beak first into the water to
Study examines role of the gene TRPV4 in regulating perspiration in mice microbiologystudy
Representative TRPV4 staining in sweat glands from normohidrotic and anhidrotic skin from the same patient with acquired idiopathic generalized anhidrosis
Why Huntington’s disease may take so long to develop microbiologystudy
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Adeno-associated virus vectors can trigger innate immune pathways microbiologystudy
Innate sensors and downstream signaling in AAV recognition and antiviral response. Credit: Human Gene Therapy (2024). DOI: 10.1089/hum.2024.040 Adeno-associated virus
Fetuses make a protein that causes morning sickness in pregnancy microbiologystudy
A surge of a hormone made by fetuses triggers the stomach-turning nausea and vomiting of morning sickness, a new study
Novel genome editing approach restores hearing in adult preclinical models with genetic deafness microbiologystudy
AAV2-SaCas9-KKH-sgRNA-4 editing on hair cell survival. Credit: Science Translational Medicine (2024). DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.adn0689 Mass Eye and Ear researchers restored hearing
How ancient herders rewrote northern Europeans’ genetic story microbiologystudy
Ancient herders, who rode horses and drove ox-drawn carts west out of their grassy homelands in southwest Asia, erased a