Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News
Good with the bad: Cancer and life-saving stem cells stimulated by same gene
Life, it seems, is not without a sense of irony, as a research team led by investigators at the Johns ...
Patients with ALS, other neurological disorders look to gene-silencing drug for hope
Two recent mouse studies, led by investigators at the University of Utah and Stanford University, describe how a new antisense ...
Tiny CRISPR-Cas9 injections could treat retinal diseases, with no off-target effects
Scientists at the Center for Genome Engineering, within the Institute for Basic Science (IBS) in Korea, in collaboration with ToolGen, ...
Could CRISPR revolution help streamline US, EU regulations of GM crop technology?
Under current US and contemplated EU regulation, when CRISPR is used to modify a handful of nucleotides to knockin or ...
Personality genes correlate with psychiatric disorders
Nature vs. nurture has been a long-standing argument between the fields of biology and psychology. However...investigators have identified six loci ...
GMOs and carbon fixation: Trapping CO2 in engineered plants and trees to convert it to energy
Genetically modified organisms (GMOs) may outgrow Frankenfood production. Soon, they may take over Frankenfixation, the industrial conversion of atmospheric carbon ...
Biotech leaders worried Trump presidency could spark “brain drain”
The day following the election of Donald J. Trump as President, a survey of leaders in biotechnology in the United ...
Endurance training triggers wide variety of changes in gene activity
The physiological impact of regular endurance training can be visualized over time and is often used to prevent cardiovascular disease, ...
Genes ‘jump’ from one cell to another in patterned ways
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. While jumping genes may ...
Years of stem cell research finally bearing medical applications
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Clinical stem cell applications ...
Scientists discover virus that steals CRISPR machinery from bacteria
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Viruses have often been ...
Scientists discover potential solution to antibiotic resistant bacteria
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Scientists at Harvard say ...
Fathers’ lifestyle, age affect children’s epigenome
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Scientists from the Georgetown ...
Autism, bipolar disorder share similar genetic risk factors
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Complex neurological disorders, such ...
Disruptions in adolescent brain development may signal risk for autism, schizophrenia
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. A research team led ...
Skin cells reprogrammed into heart and brain cells
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Cellular reprogramming of stem ...
Genes point to potential treatments for digestive diseases
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Scientists at the University ...
Mass genome sequencing likely best shot for cancer ‘magic bullet’
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. As breast cancer specialist ...
To fight cancer, researchers propose amping up body’s immune system
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Within the past decade ...
Newly discovered from ‘cellular trash pile’ stem cell plays vital role in fetal development
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Researchers at Michigan State ...
African sleeping sickness may be treated with epigenetic modification
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Parasitic infections are particularly ...
Heart disease, neurodevelopmental problems linked to similar genes
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. An NIH-funded study led ...
Prenatal smoking exposure effects stick around in genes
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. A collaborative research team ...
People should shun universal dietary advice for personalized regimens
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. This Thanksgiving, before you ...
Non-invasive genetic screening safer alternative for prenatal tests
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Peering into the human ...
Genetic tests makes prenatal health screenings safer, more reliable
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. As one of the ...
Tumors defy Darwinian selection, new research shows
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. New answers may have ...
What challenges does biosimilars manufacturing face?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. With the first U.S ...