New gene switch activates with simple skin patch and could help treat diabetes
ETH researchers have developed a new gene switch that can be activated using a commercially available nitroglycerine patch ...
CRISPR system variant shows a novel DNA cleavage mechanism
Researchers have revealed new details about the CRISPR-Cas5-HNH/Cascade complex, a variant of the type I-E CRISPR-Cas system, ...
Yale Scientists Reprogram Genetic Code To Create Revolutionary Synthetic Organism
Yale researchers have created "Ochre," a genomically recoded organism that enables the production of synthetic proteins with ...
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Gene therapy for rare epilepsy shows promise in mice
Recent research from Michigan Medicine takes aim at the a variant in gene SCN1B, which causes a severe form of developmental epileptic encephalopathy.
Gene 'silencer' in junk DNA prevents fatal neurological disease
A team led by University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health geneticists has shown, for the first time, that a gene ...