A groundbreaking technique has been developed by a team of microbiologists at Montana State University. Their innovative method involves utilizing a cutting enzyme and an… Read More »New RNA editing technique could lead to new therapies for viruses and RNA-based disorders
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a significant contributor to cancer-related deaths worldwide, with a low five-year survival rate of approximately 10% for diagnosed patients. A study… Read More »NOTUM inhibition may be a potential treatment target for advanced colorectal cancer
Kissing bugs, those unsettling insects, have a disturbing knack for feasting on people’s faces at night, while they sleep, and then transmitting diseases through their… Read More »Researchers study signaling pathway of chagas disease parasite
In a recent study published in the journal Immunity, researchers have uncovered an intriguing role for T cells’ nuclear receptor, retinoic acid receptor alpha (RARα).… Read More »RARα plays unexpected role in T cell activation
Researchers from Rutgers and Emory University are delving into the development of schizophrenia by studying a potent genetic risk factor. This risk factor involves a… Read More »Mitochondrial dysfunction linked to schizophrenia
Scientists at Northwestern Medicine have made significant strides in advancing research on uterine fibroids, a prevalent condition affecting more than half of all women at… Read More »Scientists develop new cellular model of uterine fibroids
Wnt signaling is a well-known mode of cell-to-cell communication in multicellular organisms. It involves small Wnt glycoproteins secreted by signaling cells, binding to receptor proteins… Read More »Scientists uncover the complexity of Wnt signaling in butterfly wings
Plant geneticists have made a groundbreaking discovery regarding the “weeping” architecture in apple trees, where branches grow downwards. This finding has the potential to significantly… Read More »Scientists discover gene that causes apple trees to grow downwards
The Xerces Blue butterfly (Glaucopsyche xerces) was once found in the coastal dunes of San Francisco, USA. However, urban development caused significant destruction of its… Read More »Genome sequencing reveals inbreeding in extinct Xerces blue butterfly
Malaria remains a significant global health threat, causing numerous fatalities each year, particularly among children under five. Recently, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention… Read More »New CRISPR-based system could help eliminate malaria-carrying mosquitoes
A group of scientists led by Feng Zhang at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, along with the McGovern Institute for Brain Research at… Read More »First programmable RNA-guided system in eukaryotes discovered
Approximately seven million years ago, humans diverged from our closest animal relatives, chimpanzees, establishing a distinct branch on the evolutionary tree. Over the relatively short… Read More »Genetic differences between humans and chimps may explain our big brains
Scientists at the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) have achieved a significant breakthrough by engineering an albino strain of the hummingbird bobtail squid, Euprymna berryi. This… Read More »Genetically engineered cephalopod offers new model for neurobiological research