Genes and genetics
CRISPR gene editing: Moving closer to home
With the first medical therapy approved, there鈥檚 a lot going on in the genome editing field, including the discovery of CRISPR-like DNA-snippers called Fanzors in an odd menagerie of eukaryotic critters.
From lab to land: Crop modifications are fortifying our food supply against climate change
Scientists explore genetic and biochemical innovations fueling future-proofing agriculture
What makes lager yeast special? Inside the genetics of beer
University of Wisconsin scientists explore a microbe鈥檚 cold-tolerance for better brewing.
Gene-mutation pathway discovery paves way for targeted blood cancers therapies
A new study by researchers at the universities of Texas and Chicago explains the enzymatic activity that鈥檚 needed for tumor suppression in leukemias and other cancers.
The shape of molecules to come
Researchers explore unique properties of a nanostructure called 鈥渟witchback DNA鈥� that could have implications in nature and in biomedicine.
Bacteria encode hidden genes outside their genome 鈥� do we?
A new study by Columbia researchers shows that bacteria break the known order of chromosomes as linear strings of letters and create free-floating and ephemeral genes.
Keeping skin healthy: New method provides molecular portrait of sebum production
In a recent JBC paper, researchers at Leipzig University report that they have spatially mapped changes in gene expression in sebaceous glands for the first time.
Not so selfish after all: Viruses use freeloading genes as weapons
Phage viruses, increasingly used to treat antibiotic resistance, gain an advantage by cutting off a competitor鈥檚 ability to reproduce.
The perverse legacy of participation in human genomic research
The story of how one person became the majority source of DNA for the Human Genome Project encapsulates 20th-century researchers鈥� attitudes toward donor consent, the author says.