First-of-Its-Kind Super Minigene to Boost Spinal Muscular Atrophy Researchby Iowa State UniversityA shortened version of the gene that causes spinal muscular atrophy will make it easier to find potential treatments
Researchers Fully Sequence the Y Chromosome for the First Timeby National Institute of Standards and Technology
NewsCitizen Scientists Reveal How the Common Wasp Spreads across UKby University College LondonProjects like this help researchers gain important insights and can help them track invasive species
NewsNew Technique Can Help Make the Most of Radiation-Resistant Bacteriumby Nanjing Agricultural UniversityResearchers find a novel way to expand applications of the hardy bacterium Deinococcus radiodurans
NewsWarmer Climate May Drive Fungi to Be More Dangerous to Our Healthby Duke UniversityPathogen’s mutations ramp up as heat rises, causing concern for new infectivity
NewsTeam Streamlines DNA Collection, Analysis for Wildlife Conservationby University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignThe new method costs less and doesn't harm animals or endanger researchers
NewsRewriting the Textbook on Gene Regulationby University of California - San DiegoResearchers rethink the central dogma of molecular biology and how cells regulate transcription and translation
NewsStudy Questions the Medical Privacy of Forensic Samplesby San Francisco State UniversityResearchers say databases used by law enforcement could contain private information about individuals
NewsStudy Reveals Flaws in Popular Genetic Methodby Lund UniversityThese flaws could have led to incorrect results and misconceptions about genetic relationships
NewsDNA Discovery Reveals a Critical ‘Accordion Effect’ for Switching Off Genesby Walter and Eliza Hall InstituteResearch expands our understanding of how genes switch on and off during development
Product NewsCodex DNA Releases Long Gene Fragment Cloning on the BioXp™ Systemby Codex DNA, Inc.Automated synthesis of gene fragments using the BioXp™ system enables overnight production of error-corrected, de novo synthetic genes of up to 7,200 base pairs in length
NewsCRISPR Reveals Surprising Ways Neurons Survive Oxidative Stressby University of California - San FranciscoResearchers' new technique and database will help create a picture of gene function in disease across the entire spectrum of human cells