Pigs’ genetic code altered in bid to tackle deadly virus
Researchers have made an advance in the fight against a deadly virus that affects pigs. The team used advanced genetic…
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10 Breakthrough Technologies 2016: DNA App Store
An online store for information about your genes will make it cheap and easy to learn more about your health…
Engineered gene drives and the future
Engineered gene drives, which have the potential to spread desirable genes throughout wild populations or to suppress harmful species, have…
Could the food we eat affect our genes? Study in yeast suggests this may be the case
Almost all of our genes may be influenced by the food we eat, suggests new research published today in the…
Genetics help fish thrive in toxic environments, collaborative study finds
They live in caves and springs throughout Mexico and thrive in water so toxic that most forms of life die…
Crispr Gene-Editing Upstart Editas Goes Public as Patent Battle Rages
The future of medicine may rest in altering our genes. That’s a constant refrain in the recent history of medical…
Immune System Offers Major Clue to Schizophrenia
Researchers carry out gene studies to track the cause of schizophrenia at the Broad Institute in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Winning a…
New way to detect human-animal diseases tested in lemurs
Advances in genetic sequencing are uncovering emerging diseases in wildlife that other diagnostic tests can’t detect. In a study led…
New tool puts accurate DNA analysis in fast lane
Rice University scientists have developed a tool to speed the design of molecular diagnostics that depend on the specific recognition…
Tracing Activity of Cancer-Fighting Tomato Component
“In the future, these new techniques could help us to better understand how lycopene reduces prostate cancer risk and severity. We will be able to develop evidence-based dietary recommendations for prostate cancer prevention.”