Plant scientists at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) and USDA’s Agricultural Research Service (ARS), in their search for solutions to global food production challenges, have do... Read more
Some of the most important tools in the toolbox of modern cell biologists are special chunks of DNA that act like spies, reporting on the cell’s function. The markers, known... Read more
Technique could help diagnose, rectify a genetic defect with gene-editing tools such as CRISPR Scientists have devised a new computational method that reveals genetic patterns in t... Read more
Scientists have discovered that a gene found in the common fruit fly can be successfully expressed in a plant and used to detoxify land contaminated with TNT. The breakthrough coul... Read more
Scientists at the at UT Southwestern (CRI) report that inactivating a certain protein-coding gene promotes liver tissue regeneration in mammals. “This research gives us ideas abou... Read more
Farmers can use fewer resources to grow food With the world’s population exploding to well over 7 billion, feeding the human race is getting even more challenging. Increasing... Read more
If efficiently and safely scaled up in DMD patients, this technique could lead to one of the first successful genome editing-based treatments for this fatal disease, researchers sa... Read more
ETH researchers led by Professor Martin Fussenegger have developed the first gene network to be operated via brainwaves. Depending on the user’s thoughts, it can produce various am... Read more
