gene regulation
Scientists Find New Roles For Old RNAs
June 9, 2016
Research shows unexpected dual role of snoRNAs in gene regulation, and important role played by small non-coding RNAs…
Medical and biofuel advances possible with new gene regulation tool
August 21, 2015
Recent work by Los Alamos National Laboratory experimental and theoretical biologists describes a new method of controlling gene…
New strategy IDs infertility-causing genes
August 6, 2015
Infertility affects roughly 15 percent of couples – with many cases resulting from faulty genetics – but the…
Research finds protein regulation linked to cells’ growth cycle
July 2, 2015
By tracking the movement of proteins in a living cell with nanometer-scale precision, Cornell researchers have gained a…
‘Pain sensing’ gene discovery could help in development of new methods of pain relief
May 26, 2015
A gene essential to the production of pain-sensing neurons in humans has been identified by an international team…
Researchers treat heart attacks with new gene therapy based on telomerase enzyme
December 19, 2014
The enzyme telomerase repairs cell damage produced by ageing, and has been used successfully in therapies to lengthen…
New Technique Uses Bacteria’s Own CRISPR-Cas System to Turn Off Genes
October 30, 2014
Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a technique that co-opts an immune system already present in…
Gene inhibitor, salmon fibrin restore function lost in spinal cord injury
July 28, 2014
A therapy combining salmon fibrin injections into the spinal cord and injections of a gene inhibitor into the…
Expanding the power of RNA interference
May 13, 2014
RNA interference (RNAi), a technique that can turn off specific genes inside living cells, holds great potential for…
Better RNA interference, inspired by nature
February 11, 2014
New MIT nanoparticles offer best-ever gene silencing, could help treat liver diseases. Inspired by tiny particles that carry…
Silencing inhibitor of cell replication spurs beta cells to reproduce
January 16, 2014
Klaus Kaestner, PhD, professor of Genetics and postdoctoral fellow Dana Avrahami, PhD, from the Perelman School of Medicine,…
Gene regulator is key to healthy retinal development and good vision in adulthood
August 9, 2013
Animal study reveals “unexpected” role of horizontal cells in photoreceptor rod and cone cell development of retina Scientists…
Scientists explore the mind with epigenomic maps
July 6, 2013
Comprehensive mapping of the human brain epigenome by UWA and US scientists uncovers large-scale changes that take place…
Fixing siRNAs by creating an anti-siRNA
December 27, 2012
Small pieces of RNA in our cells can act like molecular switches that turn genes off by binding…
Novel Studies of Gene Regulation in Brain Development May Mean New Treatment of Mental Disorders
December 4, 2012
A team of researchers at the University of California, San Diego and the Institut Pasteur, Paris has come…
- Gene editing technique improves vision in rats with inherited blindness
January 8, 2016 - Schizophrenia ‘switches’ discovered
September 16, 2014 - New study illuminates how cancer-killing gene may actually work
May 28, 2014 - Researchers Find “Grammar” Plays Key Role in Activating Genes
August 15, 2013 - Newly found CLAMP protein regulates genes
July 29, 2013 - Minus environment, cell regulatory patterns still emerge
May 27, 2013 - Blocking single gene renders tumors less aggressive
May 13, 2013 - Mapping the embryonic epigenome
May 10, 2013 - Misregulated genes may have big autism role
March 22, 2013 - ‘Junk DNA’ can regulate cancer genes
February 26, 2013 - ‘Activating’ RNA takes DNA on a loop through time and space
February 18, 2013 - Recreating Natural Complex Gene Regulation
February 9, 2013 - Scientists discover how epigenetic information could be inherited
January 29, 2013 - Discovery of 100 million-year-old regions of DNA shows short cut to crop science advances
December 27, 2012
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