Study offers insight into chloroplast evolution
One of the most momentous events in the history of life involved endosymbiosis — a process by which one organism […]
Genetics
Scientists construct human genome microsatellite polymorphism map microbiologystudy
Genome-wide investigation of VNTR motif polymorphisms in 8,222 genomes. Credit: He Shunmin’s group A research team has recently constructed a
Gene variant linked to reduced thiopurine metabolism in African ancestry microbiologystudy
Thiopurine metabolism and thiopurine methyl transferase (TPMT) enzyme activity assay. Azathioprine (AZA) is converted into 6-mercaptopurine (6-MP), which can also
Researchers unlock new gene therapy targets for diabetic kidney disease microbiologystudy
Credit: Nature Communications (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-54089-1 New potential therapeutic targets have been identified for diabetic kidney disease (DKD)—the leading cause
Genetics
Study links smoking to genetic mutations in blood cancer microbiologystudy
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Smokers with myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) or a precursor condition had elevated levels of genetic mutations linked
Unlocking worm strategies: A path to innovative vaccines and therapies
A research team led by Prof. Julia Esser-von Bieren from the Center of Allergy and Environment (ZAUM) at Helmholtz Munich
Genetics
Universal genetic testing of breast cancer patients could improve treatment plans microbiologystudy
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A new study demonstrates how universal genetic testing for breast cancer can ensure no patient is
Brain tissue study offers new genetic insights into Alzheimer’s disease complexity microbiologystudy
Genotype–phenotype associations. 31 SNPs for which at least one nominal association with a neuropathological phenotype was discovered, are shown on
Researchers discover a genetic disposition increasing the risk of breast cancer metastasis microbiologystudy
When mice are engineered to carry a variant of the human PCSK9 gene, they experience higher rates of breast cancer