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Optical genome mapping unveils hidden structural variants in neurodevelopmental disorders -...
Nature· 11 hours agoWhile short-read sequencing currently dominates genetic research and diagnostics, it frequently falls short of capturing certain structural variants (SVs), which are often implicated in the ...
Cellular activity hints that recycling is in our DNA
Science Daily· 6 days agoThe human genome has hundreds of thousands of introns, about 7 or 8 per gene, and each is removed by a specialized RNA protein complex called the "spliceosome ...
The RNA Revolution Is Changing Our Understanding of Biology
Scientific American· 2 days agoIn 2012 the geneticist, now at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory in New York State, was one of a few...
How Gene Editing Therapies Could Go Beyond Rare Diseases
Forbes· 13 hours agoEarlier this year, a group of scientists in the Netherlands used the gene editing tool CRISPR to...
Scientists Unveil the Genetic Blueprint of Blood Pressure
SciTechDaily· 5 days agoOver 100 new genomic regions linked to blood pressure were discovered, offering insights into iron...
Analysis suggests people with more copies of ribosomal DNA have higher risks of developing disease
Medical Xpress· 2 days agoStandard genetic analysis techniques have not studied areas of the human genome that are repetitive, such as ribosomal DNA (rDNA), a fundamental part of ...
Largest-Ever 3D-Mapped Piece Of The Human Brain Could Still Fit On A Grain Of Rice
IFLScience· 3 days agoThis vivid rainbow of cells represents the largest-ever high-resolution 3D map of a section of the human brain. For the last decade, a collaboration between researchers at Harvard University ...
China-connected South Bay biotech company called out by Congress in Biosecure Act - San Francisco...
The Business Journals· 20 hours agoA San Jose biotech company owned by a Chinese company is at the center of a U.S.-China tug-of-war...
Something woolly is afoot in Alaska
Alaska Beacon via Yahoo News· 3 days agoFor a journalist, it’s hard to imagine an entry on a public official’s calendar more enticing than four hours of woolly mammoth. OK, it’s not actually...
A Brain Breakthrough 25 Years in the Making
The Scientist· 3 days agoThe patient had spinocerebellar ataxia type 4 (SCA4), a progressive neurodegenerative disease that causes muscle weakness, movement difficulty, and loss...