The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) can contain dozens of different mutations, called polymorphisms. In a recent study an international team of researchers, including MU scientists, found that one of those mutations, called ...
Biochemistry
Sep 13, 2012
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A team of researchers with members affiliated with several institutions in Japan has learned more about the process involved in the development of natural symbiotic relationships by engineering an artificial one between E. ...
Finnish researchers have identified a genetic mutation causing progressive retinal atrophy (PRA) in the Phalene and Papillon dog breeds. PRA is one of the most common causes of blindness in dogs and in human. This study highlights ...
Plants & Animals
Aug 29, 2013
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Whitehead Institute researchers have used the gene regulation system CRISPR/Cas to engineer mouse genomes containing reporter and conditional alleles in one step. Animals containing such sophisticated engineered alleles can ...
Cell & Microbiology
Aug 29, 2013
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The research group led by Professor Magnus Andersson at University of Helsinki has discovered a new inherited disease that causes ptosis, retarded growth, intellectual disability and mortality in Ayrshire calves. The disease ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 19, 2015
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DNA and all. After centuries of breeding, what was once a South American berry roughly the size of a pea now takes all sorts of shapes and sizes, from cherry-like to hefty heirloom fruit.
Cell & Microbiology
Jun 17, 2020
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The enormous promise of regenerative medicine is matched by equally enormous challenges. But a new finding by a team of researchers led by Weill Cornell Medical College has the potential to improve both the safety and performance ...
Cell & Microbiology
Aug 1, 2013
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Researchers have used advanced AI and large sets of genomic data to unveil how humans have adapted to recent diseases.
Biotechnology
Mar 22, 2021
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Rice has a long history as a staple food in Japan and other parts of Asia. The results of a new study by an international research collaboration suggest that the emergence of cultivated rice from wild rice plants is the result ...
Evolution
Jul 1, 2022
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The list of extinct species that genetic engineering company Colossal wants to bring back to life is growing. The latest addition: the dodo.
Plants & Animals
Jan 31, 2023
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