New CRISPR/Cas9 Gene Editing System Targets Both DNA and RNA
With a staggering number of papers published in the past several years involving the characterization...
Fixing the Gene as Therapy for Hereditary Health Problems
Laber's Congenital Amaurosis is an eye disorder that primarily affects the retina). Words like retinoblastoma, monogenic...
Congress Member Tharoor Demands Regulation and Revival of Biotech Sector
The Congress recently made a strong pitch for having a regulatory framework on research and...
Team from Mt. Sinai Develop Novel Mechanism to Target “Undruggable” RAS Oncogenes
For greater than 30% of human cancers, RAS genes are mutated and have...
Scientists Find Unique Regulatory Pattern that Promotes Essential Cell Function
Scientists and clinicians often encounter road blocks in designing specific treatments for diseases like cancer...
Caught in the act: 3-D Structure of an RNA-Modifying Protein's Action Determined
The structure of a bacterial RNA-binding protein has been determined in the act...
New Study Suggests Malaria Treatment will Become More Effective
Scientists have found that resistance to a key anti-malarial drug cannot be passed on by mosquitoes,...
CRISPR-Edited Mushroom Free from USDA Regulations
A species of genetically engineered mushroom has been freed of regulation by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). This...
IIT Delhi Researcher Builds Novel Device for Sepsis Diagnosis
A novel, simple, low-cost device that quickly diagnoses septicaemia at bedside has been developed by an...
Breathing, Sweaty Billboard Next in Line to Kills Zika Mosquitoes
In the global battle to stop the devastating Zika virus from spreading, the mosquitoes that...
Scientists Get Sharper Look at Gene Transfer Between Pathogenic Bacteria
Bacteria possess the ability to take up DNA from their environment, a skill that enables...
CRISPRainbow, a new technology using CRISPR/Cas9 developed by scientists at UMass Medical School, allows researchers to tag and track up to seven different genomic...
Living Cells Receive Microfluidic Chip With Digitized Information
Phone calls and text messages reach you wherever you are because your phone has a unique identifying...
Force Distribution in a Semiflexible Loop - The Wiggly Contrarian Dance of DNA
A piece of DNA's movements are often counterintuitive to those of objects...
