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
Fossils of ancient chromosomes make it possible to assemble the genomes of extinct species microbiologystudy
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A team led by scientists from Baylor College of Medicine, University of Copenhagen, and Center Nacional
Geneticist Krystal Tsosie advocates for Indigenous data sovereignty microbiologystudy
Krystal Tsosie grew up playing in the wide expanse of the Navajo Nation, scrambling up sandstone rocks and hiking in
Understanding the roots of chronic pain—research suggests new target for analgesics microbiologystudy
Image of Piezo2 gene expression (shown in magenta) in lumbar dorsal root ganglion sections from mice. Credit: Lewin Lab of
Newfound immune cells are responsible for long-lasting allergies microbiologystudy
Allergy sufferers may one day be able to erase the source of their congestion, itchy skin and swollen lips and
Uncovering late-onset combined immune deficiency in chromosome 18q deletion syndrome microbiologystudy
Two patients with 18q deletion syndrome present with not only B-cell abnormalities, but also T-cell abnormalities. Credit: Department of Child