Geoff Bennett: The genetic testing company 23andMe has filed for bankruptcy. And its potential sale has raised alarms about what could happen to the DNA data of its millions of users. 23andMe was ...
the process that creates RNA replicas of strands of DNA to express genes. Researchers from Northwestern University have stumbled upon a previously unobserved function of a protein found in the ...
The small study in patients with a rare disorder that causes liver and lung damage showed the potential for precisely targeted infusions. By Gina Kolata Researchers have corrected a disease ...
Mammalian genomes are organized by multi-level folding, yet how this organization contributes to cell type-specific transcription remain unclear. We uncovered that the nuclear protein SATB1 ...
The prosecution’s most important piece of evidence is a DNA sample taken from a knife sheath left at the crime scene. Investigators then used investigative genetic genealogy, or IGG, a forensic ...
Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) quantification is crucial in understanding mitochondrial dysfunction, which is linked to a variety of diseases, including cancer and neurodegenerative disorders. Traditional ...
Targeting Tyrosyl-DNA phosphodiesterase 1 (TDP1) mitigates muscle degeneration and neurotoxicity in a DM2 Drosophila model by reducing toxic CCTG repeats, offering a promising therapeutic avenue for ...