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Gene-Editing Produces Tenfold Increase in Superbug Slaying Antibiotics

January 15, 2021
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Norwich, UK — Scientists have used gene-editing advances to achieve a tenfold increase in the production of super-bug targeting formicamycin antibiotics. The John Innes Centre researchers used...

Researchers Identify New Gene Involved in Breast Cancer Growth

January 13, 2021
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Dallas, TX — A team of UT Southwestern researchers has identified a gene involved in the growth of breast cancer, a finding that could lead to potential new targets for treatment. “The gene...

NIST Publishes a Beginner’s Guide to DNA Origami

January 12, 2021
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Gaithersburg, MD — In a technique known as DNA origami, researchers fold long strands of DNA over and over again to construct a variety of tiny 3D structures, including miniature biosensors and drug-delivery...

Cell Biologists Decipher Signal that Ensures no Chromosome is Left Behind

January 11, 2021
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La Jolla, CA — Starting as a single cell, organisms undergo millions of generations of divisions to ultimately generate the bones, heart, brain and other components that make up a living being. The...

New Clues to Prostate Cancer

January 11, 2021
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Bedford Park, South Australia — Australian research has identified a new mechanism in which prostate cancer cells can ‘switch’ character and become resistant to therapy. These findings,...

Making Therapeutic Sense of Antisense Oligonucleotides

January 11, 2021
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Tokyo, Japan — Researchers from Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU) and Ionis Pharmaceuticals, USA, report a modification wherein replacing the RNA strand of a heteroduplex oligonucleotide with...

New Study on Circadian Clock Shows “Junk DNA” Plays a Key Role in Regulating Rhythms

January 11, 2021
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Los Angeles, CA — If you’ve ever had a bad case of jet lag, you know how a disruption to your body’s circadian rhythm makes it difficult to function. Molecular circadian “clocks”...

New Nanobiomaterial from the Silk of a Mite with ‘Promising Biomedical Properties’

December 18, 2020
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La Rioja, Spain — An international team of researchers has developed a new nanomaterial from the silk produced by the Tetranychus lintearius mite. This nanomaterial has the ability to penetrate human...

Researcher Boosts Vegetable Oil Production in Plant Leaves

December 18, 2020
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Columbia, MO — Since antiquity, cultures around the world have been extracting vegetable oil from plants to use as food and fuel. Some vegetable oils have important health benefits, including lowering...

Study in Mice Shows Genes may be Altered Through Drug Repurposing

December 18, 2020
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Chicago, IL — Researchers at the University of Illinois Chicago have published a study showing a promising approach to using drug repurposing to treat genetic diseases. A team from the UIC Department...

Scientists Set a Path for Field Trials of Gene Drive Organisms

December 18, 2020
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La Jolla, CA — The modern rise of gene drive research, accelerated by CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing technology, has led to transformational waves rippling across science. Gene drive organisms (GDOs),...

Blocking DNA Repair Enzyme could Help Treat Certain Cancers

December 17, 2020
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London, UK — Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute have found a new way to prevent some tumours from repairing their own DNA, a function that is essential for cancer cell survival. This discovery...

RNA Basic Building Block Produced Biocatalytically for the First Time

December 16, 2020
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Graz, Austria — Due to the COVID 19 pandemic and the associated intensive search for therapeutics and vaccines, the chemical substance class of nucleosides is experiencing an enormous increase in interest....

Human Gene Placed in Fruit Flies Reveals Details About a Human Developmental Disorder

December 15, 2020
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Birmingham, AL — Meier-Gorlin syndrome, or MGS, is a rare genetic developmental disorder that causes dwarfism, small ears, a small brain, missing patella and other skeletal abnormalities. In severe...

Genes could be Key to New COVID-19 Treatments, Study Finds

December 14, 2020
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Edinburgh, UK — Potential treatments for Covid-19 have been identified after the discovery of five genes associated with the most severe form of the disease. Genetic evidence is second only to...

Muscle Cell Secrets

December 14, 2020
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Berlin, Germany — A muscle fiber consists of just one cell, but many nuclei. A team at the MDC led by Professor Carmen Birchmeier has now shown just how varied these nuclei are. The study, which has...

Gene Therapy Injection in One Eye Surprises Scientists by Improving Vision in Both

December 11, 2020
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Cambridge, UK — Injecting a gene therapy vector into one eye of someone suffering from LHON, the most common cause of mitochondrial blindness, significantly improves vision in both eyes, scientists...

Using Light, Red Blood Cells and a Honey Bee Peptide to Deliver Therapeutic Proteins

December 11, 2020
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Chapel Hill, NC — Protein therapies are often more potent and selective toward their biochemical targets than other types of drugs, particularly small molecules. However, proteins are also more likely...

Academy Scientists Describe 213 Species in 2020

December 11, 2020
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San Francisco, CA — This past year, researchers at the California Academy of Sciences added 213 plant and animal species to the tree of life, providing deeper insight into the rich biodiversity of...

The World’s First DNA ‘Tricorder’ in Your Pocket

December 8, 2020
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Cold Spring Harbor, NY — Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) scientists developed the world’s first mobile genome sequence analyzer, a new iPhone app called iGenomics. By pairing an iPhone with...

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