A new Cornell University-led study finds that the genome for a widely researched worm, on which countless studies are based, was flawed. Now, a fresh genome sequence will set the record straight and improve the accuracy of ...
Biotechnology
May 23, 2019
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Model organisms such as yeast, fruit flies, and worms have advanced the study of genomics, eukaryotic biology, and evolution. An important resource for any model organism is a near-complete reference genome from which a multitude ...
Biotechnology
May 23, 2019
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Like finding a needle in a haystack, identifying genes that are involved in particular diseases can be an arduous and time consuming process. Looking to improve this process, a team led by researchers at Baylor College of ...
Biotechnology
Apr 30, 2019
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How do snake genomes direct the production of deadly venom toxins and other key extreme features of snakes?
Plants & Animals
Apr 1, 2019
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Infections caused by drug-resistant bacteria are a global public health threat causing serious illness and even death. Strains of the bacterium Enterococcus faecium (E. faecium) are generally harmless in healthy people, but ...
Biotechnology
Mar 21, 2019
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Regeneration is one of the most enticing areas of biological research. How are some animals able to regrow body parts? Is it possible that humans could do the same? If scientists could unlock the secrets that confer those ...
Biotechnology
Jan 24, 2019
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Researchers from the Department of Genetics, Microbiology and Statistics and the Institute of Biomedicine of the University of Barcelona (UB), in collaboration with the Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG), have described ...
Biotechnology
Dec 5, 2018
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World's first cannabis chromosome map reveals the plant's evolutionary past and points to its future as potential medicine.
Biotechnology
Nov 26, 2018
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The speed and error rate of DNA synthesis is influenced by the three-dimensional structure of the DNA. Using "third-generation" genome-wide DNA sequencing data, a team of researchers from Penn State and the Czech Academy ...
Biotechnology
Nov 13, 2018
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Research from Oxford University published today in the journal Genome Research has found that a special combination of epigenetic modifications crucial to stem cell growth evolved in animals much earlier than previously appreciated. ...
Biotechnology
Sep 13, 2018
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