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Genome Editing
Genome editing: a group of technologies that give scientists the ability to alter an organism's DNA. Several approaches to genome editing have been developed.
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APR 22, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Results published in Protein & Cell, an open access journal, confirm rumors that Chinese scientists have edited genomes ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeAPR 22, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Could the epigenome provide a new avenue for gene therapies and guiding stem cell differentiation?
Written By: Robert WoodardAPR 21, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Using the latest genome sequencing techniques, a research team led by scientists from UC San Francisco, Baylor College o ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 20, 2015Genetics & Genomics
A genome-wide association study conducted by an international team led by the University of Southern California identifi ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 17, 2015Cancer
The first-ever systematic study of the genomes of patients with ALK-negative anaplastic large cell lymphoma (ALCL), a pa ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 14, 2015Microbiology
How bacterial cells recognize their own DNA.
It may come as a bit of a surprise to learn that bacteria have a ...Written By: Robert WoodardAPR 09, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Lung cancer is the second most common type of cancer and the number one cause of cancer-related mortality. It is estimat ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 08, 2015Immunology
Berkeley Researchers Report on CRISPR-Cas Surveillance Complex that Targets RNA.
A great deal of public atten ...Written By: Robert WoodardAPR 02, 2015Genetics & Genomics
A collaborative study between researchers from the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Massachusetts Institute of Techno ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 02, 2015Genetics & Genomics
As a patient prepares to become the first in history to receive his own genetically engineered stem cells for sickle cel ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 27, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Traditionally, to understand how a gene functions, a scientist would breed an organism that lacks that gene - "knocking ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 27, 2015Genetics & Genomics
At least, that's what researchers have concluded after sequencing the genomes of 2,636 Icelanders.
A recent ...Written By: Robert WoodardMAR 27, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Eighteen piglets born recently are the result of two years of intense research by scientists in the College of Agricultu ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeMAR 26, 2015Genetics & Genomics
deCODE genetics, Reykjavik, Iceland, a global leader in analyzing and understanding the human genome and wholly-owned su ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeMAR 24, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Designer babies? It's far from a whimsy, and now a new technology that would make it possible to alter human DNA at the ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 23, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Scientists at Harvard University are one step closer to bringing Woolly mammoths back to life, after successfully insert ...Written By: Robert WoodardMAR 19, 2015Genetics & Genomics
A clinical trial of the most common sickle cell anemia drug, hydroxyurea, was halted a year early this winter because of ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 16, 2015Cancer
In the late 1800s, a New York surgeon named William Coley noticed that some patients with cancer seemed to fare better i ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 12, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
One of the key areas in all of biology is the evolution of photosynthesis. Some species of single celled cyanobacteria, ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeFEB 25, 2015Microbiology
Up to one million people -- mainly pregnant woman and young children -- are killed each year by the Plasmodium falciparu ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeFEB 17, 2015Genetics & Genomics
The gradual modification of a species' structures and features, otherwise known as the principle of adaptation, is one o ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderJAN 01, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Most animal embryos contain three layers of cells that transform into every part of the body - from brains to bones to g ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAUG 06, 2014Genetics & Genomics
In a paper entitled, Concerning RNA-Guided Gene Drives for the Alteration of Wild Populations, recently published in eLi ...Written By: Peter MicheliMAY 02, 2014Genetics & Genomics
DNA nanorobots sound like something out of the X-Files, but it isn't science fiction - the concept has already been prov ...
APR 22, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Results published in Protein & Cell, an open access journal, confirm rumors that Chinese scientists have edited genomes
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
APR 22, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Could the epigenome provide a new avenue for gene therapies and guiding stem cell differentiation?
Written By:
Robert Woodard
APR 21, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Using the latest genome sequencing techniques, a research team led by scientists from UC San Francisco, Baylor College o
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 20, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
A genome-wide association study conducted by an international team led by the University of Southern California identifi
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 17, 2015
Cancer
The first-ever systematic study of the genomes of patients with ALK-negative anaplastic large cell lymphoma (ALCL), a pa
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 14, 2015
Microbiology
How bacterial cells recognize their own DNA.
It may come as a bit of a surprise to learn that bacteria have a ...
It may come as a bit of a surprise to learn that bacteria have a ...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
APR 09, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Lung cancer is the second most common type of cancer and the number one cause of cancer-related mortality. It is estimat
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 08, 2015
Immunology
Berkeley Researchers Report on CRISPR-Cas Surveillance Complex that Targets RNA.
A great deal of public atten ...
A great deal of public atten ...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
APR 02, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
A collaborative study between researchers from the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Massachusetts Institute of Techno
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 02, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
As a patient prepares to become the first in history to receive his own genetically engineered stem cells for sickle cel
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 27, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Traditionally, to understand how a gene functions, a scientist would breed an organism that lacks that gene - "knocking
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 27, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
At least, that's what researchers have concluded after sequencing the genomes of 2,636 Icelanders.
A recent ...
A recent ...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
MAR 27, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Eighteen piglets born recently are the result of two years of intense research by scientists in the College of Agricultu
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
MAR 26, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
deCODE genetics, Reykjavik, Iceland, a global leader in analyzing and understanding the human genome and wholly-owned su
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
MAR 24, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Designer babies? It's far from a whimsy, and now a new technology that would make it possible to alter human DNA at the
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 23, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Scientists at Harvard University are one step closer to bringing Woolly mammoths back to life, after successfully insert
...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
MAR 19, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
A clinical trial of the most common sickle cell anemia drug, hydroxyurea, was halted a year early this winter because of
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 16, 2015
Cancer
In the late 1800s, a New York surgeon named William Coley noticed that some patients with cancer seemed to fare better i
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 12, 2015
Cell & Molecular Biology
One of the key areas in all of biology is the evolution of photosynthesis. Some species of single celled cyanobacteria,
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
FEB 25, 2015
Microbiology
Up to one million people -- mainly pregnant woman and young children -- are killed each year by the Plasmodium falciparu
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
FEB 17, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
The gradual modification of a species' structures and features, otherwise known as the principle of adaptation, is one o
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
JAN 01, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Most animal embryos contain three layers of cells that transform into every part of the body - from brains to bones to g
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
AUG 06, 2014
Genetics & Genomics
In a paper entitled, Concerning RNA-Guided Gene Drives for the Alteration of Wild Populations, recently published in eLi
...
Written By:
Peter Micheli
MAY 02, 2014
Genetics & Genomics
DNA nanorobots sound like something out of the X-Files, but it isn't science fiction - the concept has already been prov
...