Platypus and chicken reveal how chromosomes balance between the sexes
UNSW Sydney researchers have made new discoveries of fundamental differences in biological processes between males and females — by interrogating […]
Genetics
Scientists outline key challenges and promising avenues in obesity genetics microbiologystudy
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Research on the genetics of obesity dates to the early 1920s, with many of the initial
Researchers shed light on cancer drug resistance, potential to expand use of PARP inhibitors across cancer types microbiologystudy
Inactivation of a DNA repair gene called FANCM enhances the formation of DNA damage and chromosomal instability induced by a
Skin may hold key to neurodevelopmental disorder diagnoses microbiologystudy
Credit: The American Journal of Human Genetics (2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2024.06.018 A genetic diagnostic method using a small sample of skin
Study finds genetic variant among people who experience a rare recovery from ALS microbiologystudy
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Though it is exceedingly rare, some people diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) partially or fully
New findings on possible therapies to target oncogenic transcription factors in multiple cancer types microbiologystudy
Credit: Cancer Cell (2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.ccell.2024.06.006 A new study from the University of Michigan Health Rogel Cancer Center furthers research
Genetics
Study finds blood biomarkers can indicate dementia risk decades before symptoms microbiologystudy
Biomarker Rate of Change per Decade From Midlife to Late Life: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study, 1993-2019. Credit: JAMA
MicroRNA study sets stage for crop improvements microbiologystudy
MicroRNAs can make plants more capable of withstanding drought, salinity, pathogens and more. However, in a recent study published in
Research shows genetic variants are more common in people with Parkinson’s disease than previously thought microbiologystudy
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Investigators in the Parkinson’s Foundation-backed PD GENEration study—which reached its goal of 15,000 participants ahead of