Decoding the world’s largest animal genome
Thirty times the size of the human genome: An international team of researchers led by Konstanz evolutionary biologist Axel Meyer […]
Genetics
Leading AI models struggle to identify genetic conditions from patient-written descriptions, researchers find microbiologystudy
Clinical geneticists listen to patients describe their conditions as part of making diagnoses. While AI tools can interpret textbook-like medical
Researchers call for genetically diverse models to drive innovation in drug discovery microbiologystudy
A stylized icon of the mouse and human connection created by JAX Creative. Credit: The Jackson Laboratory Researchers at The
Genetics
New TNIP1 mutation discovery offers fresh hope for disease that can cause blindness microbiologystudy
The findings could lead to new and tailored treatments for Sjogren’s Syndrome and lupus that is caused by TNIP1 variants.
New haplotype reference panel for UK Biobank identifies several new rare-variant associations for tested traits microbiologystudy
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain In research reported in Nature Genetics, Professor Sir Mark Caulfield with Dr. Sinan Shi and Professor
Exciting advance in stem cell therapy microbiologystudy
A new technique developed by McGill researchers for mechanically manipulating stem cells could lead to new stem cell treatments, which
Rewriting the evolutionary history of critical components of the nervous system
A new study has rewritten the conventionally understood evolutionary history of certain proteins critical for electrical signaling in the nervous
STAG2 protein mutations and associated spatial alteration of DNA structure can contribute to development of leukemia microbiologystudy
Graphical abstract. Credit: Cell Reports (2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2024.114498 Researchers at the Leibniz Institute for Immunotherapy (LIT) studied hundreds of patients
First genome-wide comparison of vapers and smokers finds similar DNA changes linked to disease risk microbiologystudy
Credit: CC0 Public Domain In the most comprehensive study of its kind, researchers from the Keck School of Medicine of