Scientists Create The Most Efficient Lifeform On Earth After Altering 101,000 Lines Of Genetic Code ยป TwistedSifter
Shutterstock Creating life is something that scientists have been able to do for a while now. In 2010,…
Cancer hijacks embryonic gene editors to fuel growth
Cancer cells are known to reawaken embryonic genes to grow. A new study reveals the disease also hijacks…
Gene expression maps explain why diseases often occur together
By grouping patients based on gene activity, scientists show that shared molecular pathways, especially immune-related ones, help explain…
Yale researchers uncover new RNA editing tools for safer genetic surgery
The ability to correct disease-causing genetic mistakes using genome editors holds great promise in medicine, but it is…
Aging brains lose key proteins despite intact genetic blueprints
An international research team involving the Leibniz Institute on Aging – Fritz Lipmann Institute (FLI) in Jena, the…
RNA N-glycosylation enables immune evasion and homeostatic efferocytosis
Varki, A. et al. Essentials of Glycobiology 3rd edn (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, 2015). Flynn, R. A.…
Australian scientists uncover new way to halt aggressive cancer growth
Australian researchers have discovered a promising new strategy to suppress the growth of aggressive and hard-to-treat cancers by…
Genetic secrets of Spanish flu revealed through century-old sample
Researchers from the universities of Basel and Zurich have used a historical specimen from UZH’s Medical Collection to…
New discovery uncovers hidden drivers of DNA transcription errors
Every living cell must interpret its genetic code – a sequence of chemical letters that governs countless cellular…
Expanding the genetic code in mammalian cells using pseudouridine modified codons
To overcome the inherent challenge of translation termination interference caused by stop codon reprogramming in mammalian cells, researchers…