Parasitic infection tied to cancer-linked gene activity in cervix

A newly presented study has uncovered troubling molecular changes in the cervix associated with a common parasitic...

Nobel Prize for Medicine awarded to US scientists

If gene regulation goes awry, it can lead to serious diseases such as cancer, diabetes, or autoimmunity....

Simple method can increase accuracy of plant genetics research

Researchers have developed a simple strategy that improves the accuracy of approaches used to understand how...

Simple trick can improve accuracy of plant genetics research

Researchers have published a simple approach that increases the accuracy of techniques used to understand how...

First line of defence against deadly ToCSV tomato virus explored

For the first time, scientists at the University of Johannesburg (UJ) have examined the molecular genetics of tomato...

Schizophrenia genetic risk factor weakens mitochondrial function

Researchers have investigated overlapping patterns of altered gene activity in two separate models of the 3q29...

New embryonic cell type that protect developing embryo: Study

Researchers looking at early human embryo gene activity data have uncovered a previously unknown type of cell that...

Study: Gene activity analysis aids in divison of brain disease

Yashar Zeighami's research at McGill University in Canada provides a fresh method for characterising brain...

Gene activity analysis helps to classify brain diseases: Study

Yashar Zeighami's research at McGill University in Canada gives a novel technique to characterise brain illnesses....

Study shows how T cells therapy in solid tumours can be improved

Researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania have been working on a preclinical...

Scientists come up with method to locate gene activity in tissues

A new method can illuminate the identities and activities of cells throughout an organ or a tumour at unprecedented...

Research reveals new method to track gene activity across tissues

The method, described in the study published journal 'Nature Biotechnology,' records gene activity patterns and the...