New insight into how genetic information stored in human mitochondria is passed from one generation to the next could have important implications for genetic counseling of women planning pregnancies, according to a study ...
Biotechnology
Nov 18, 2019
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The fruit flies in Noah Whiteman's lab may be hazardous to your health.
Plants & Animals
Oct 2, 2019
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The Columbia team behind the revolutionary 3-D SCAPE microscope announces today a new version of this high-speed imaging technology. In collaboration with scientists from around the world, they used SCAPE 2.0 to reveal previously ...
Optics & Photonics
Sep 27, 2019
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CRISPR-based tools have revolutionized our ability to target disease-linked genetic mutations. CRISPR technology comprises a growing family of tools that can manipulate genes and their expression, including by targeting DNA ...
Biotechnology
Jul 11, 2019
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Sequencing the first human genome was a herculean effort that took 13 years, hundreds of researchers around the globe and billions of dollars.
Biotechnology
Jun 17, 2019
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What do you get when you put together several tons of steel plates, hundreds of mice, a few evolutionary and molecular biologists and a tiny Nebraska town near the South Dakota border?
Plants & Animals
Jan 31, 2019
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DNA regions susceptible to breakage and loss are genetic hot spots for important evolutionary changes, according to a Stanford study. The findings may lead to new understanding of human evolution.
Evolution
Jan 4, 2019
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The human genome has its own proofreaders and editors, and their handiwork is not as haphazard as once thought.
Biotechnology
Nov 7, 2018
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In the most recent battle in the unending war between farmers and bugs, the bugs are biting back by adapting to crops genetically engineered to kill them.
Biotechnology
Oct 29, 2018
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The critical role that breast feeding plays in infant survival may have led, during the last ice age, to a common genetic mutation in East Asians and Native Americans that also, surprisingly, affects the shape of their teeth.
Evolution
Apr 23, 2018
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