Tag: DNA
Nottingham researchers show novel technique that can ‘taste’ DNA
Scientists at The University of Nottingham have demonstrated for the first time that it is possible to selectively sequence fragments of DNA in real...
Fix for 3-billion-year-old genetic error could dramatically improve genetic sequencing
Molecular bioscientist Jared Ellefson of the University of Texas at Austin has created a way for RNA to "proofread" copies of genetic information for...
Tailored DNA shifts electrons into the ‘fast lane’
Each ribboning strand of DNA in our bodies is built from stacks of four molecular bases, shown here as blocks of yellow, green, blue...
New imaging method reveals nanoscale details about DNA
A new imaging technique allows researchers to image both the position and orientation of single fluorescent molecules attached to DNA.Credit: Maurice Y. Lee, Stanford...
New tool in CRISPR genome editing, Cpf1, proved its marked specificity,...
Figure 1a (Left) In vitro cleavage sites were determined via mononoplexDigenome-seq with LbCpf1 (n = 8), AsCpf1 (n = 8), and SpCas9 (n =...
The protein that mysteriously assesses distances
A protein of the ISWI family (Imitation Switch, or nucleosome remodelling motors) is endowed with a special property: despite having no organ of sense...
Genes for nose shape found
Image showing variation between nose shape and the specific genes responsible. Credit: Dr Kaustubh Adhikari, UCL
Genes that drive the shape of human noses have...
Placental RNA may help protect embryo from viruses, study finds
A new University of Pennsylvania study found that placental cells are rich with lncRHOXF1 (red), which appears to offer the developing embryo protection from...
In scientific first, researchers visualize proteins being born
For the first time, scientists at Albert Einstein College of Medicine have developed a technology allowing them to "see" single molecules of messenger RNA...
Analysis of nearly 600,000 genomes for resilience project
As part of a global collaboration, scientists from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and Sage Bionetworks conducted the largest genome study...
Modern men lack Y chromosome genes from Neanderthals
Although it's widely known that modern humans carry traces of Neanderthal DNA, a new international study led by researchers at the Stanford University School...
