New mRNA and gene editing tools offer hope for dengue virus treatment
Schematic of the composition and mechanism of action of an anti-DENV drug LbuCas13a expressed by mRNA. Credit: Microbiology of nature ...
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Gene regulation study finds coordination between basic cellular processes is lost with age
Representative gene-gene relationships change with age, captured by pairwise correlation and a GRN-based approach. Credit: Aging of nature (2024). DOI: ...
Changes in gene activity detected in different cell types
Identification of cell types. A,bUniform manifold approximation and projection (UMAP) showing approximately 800,000 OFC nuclei from 87 donors stained by ...
Gene discovered in ovarian cancer cells identified as potential new target for treatment
A potential model for ZIC2 functions in the EOC. Credit: Oncogene (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41388-024-03026-z A University of Alberta research team ...
Cells use alternative splicing to regulate gene expression, study finds
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Alternative splicing is a genetic process in which different segments of genes are deleted and the ...
Blocking longevity gene S6K1 extends lifespan in mice by reducing inflammation
S6K1 deletion attenuates age-related liver pathology. AExperimental scheme. S6K1 WT and KO mice were aged for 600 days to assess ...
Moths may use disco gene to regulate day/night cycles
Yash Sondhi investigated whether colour vision differed in two closely related moths, one active at night and the other during ...
Spike gene mutations discovered that help SARS-CoV-2 infect the brain
Transmission electron micrograph of SARS-CoV-2 viral particles isolated from a patient. Image captured and color-enhanced at the NIAID Integrated Research ...
A defective gene makes the brain too big or too small
Credit: American Journal of Human Genetics (2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2024.07.016 A gene called ZNRF3, known to be involved in cancer, also ...
Brain organoid model implicates gene in disease progression
Huntington's disease organoids (right) show almost no neuronal progenitors (red) and also show cell polarity defects (yellow). These defects have ...
