Genome editing targeting a gene responsible for making body pigments resulted in albino offspring, suggesting that the genetic engineering was successful in marsupials. Credit: RIKEN https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-have-created-the-first-genetically-engineered-marsupial/amp/
The CRISPR-Cas9 system targets double stranded DNA by acting like a GPS system and a microscopic scissor. https://en.hdbuzz.net/308
Ancient Homo sapiens likely lived alongside Neanderthals and Denisovans. Shutterstock https://www.inverse.com/science/ancestral-dna-study-human-genome-reveal/amp
Luis Valentin-Alvarado (left) and Basem Al-Shayeb (right) collect DNA-filled soil samples from what was a temporary springtime pond. JILL BANFIELD https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2021/07/mysterious-dna-sequences-known-borgs-recovered-california-mud
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Mesenchymal stem cells are injected into the knee of a patient. (Photo: Wikimedia Commons photo, via VT Digger) https://capitolweekly.net/in-world-of-stem-cell-research-uc-caucus-reigns-supreme/
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Alzheimer’s, like many diseases, has a genetic component. Tek Images/Science Photo Library via Getty Images https://news.yahoo.com/mixed-ancestry-genetic-research-shows-122355515.html
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Investors pumped $4.6 billion into synthetic biology or “synbio” companies—more than four times the $904.7 million invested in the sector during Q1 2020, according to figures compiled SynBioBeta, a community […]
We report a novel single-cell whole-genome amplification method (LCS-WGA) that can efficiently capture spontaneous DNA damage… https://queanbeyanonlinenews.com.au/single-cell-damagenome-profiling-unveils-vulnerable-genes-and-functional-pathways-in-human-genome-toward-dna-damage-science-advances/
Under homeostatic conditions HSCs are quiescent in the bone marrow. Upon chemotherapy transposable element (TE) RNA is… [more] © Created with BioRender.com https://www.ie-freiburg.mpg.de/5596478/news_publication_17186858_transferred
The ground-breaking advances made by the research team should help allay fears surrounding recent controversy about the genetic stability of human embryonic stem cells http://https://www.exeter.ac.uk/news/archive/2020/december/title_830795_en.html
Inner ear sensory cells (left) and skin sensory cells from a one-day-old mouse (Image by Vincent Yu/Segil Lab/USC Stem Cell) https://keck.usc.edu/usc-stem-cell-study-points-to-a-common-ancestor-for-cells-involved-in-hearing-and-touch/
Reconstitution of follicle structures, including oocytes, entirely from mouse pluripotent stem cells. https://science.sciencemag.org/content/373/6552/eabe0237
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“These cells have the potential to treat heart disease in kids and adults, but repairing a damaged heart requires a large number of heart cells…more (Credit: Katie Cowden/Flickr) https://www.futurity.org/stem-cells-heart-cells-space-2594142-2/
Many survivors of heart attacks experience long-term effects, but a new spray could someday help heal this tissue damage. Credit: Orawan Pattarawimonchai/Shutterstock.com https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/pressroom/presspacs/2021/acs-presspac-july-14-2021/new-spray-could-someday-help-heal-damage-after-a-heart-attack.html
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DAVIDE BONAZZI/SALZMAN ART https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2021/07/landmark-research-integrity-survey-finds-questionable-practices-are-surprisingly-common
HIV disrupts the lymphoid immune battleground https://health.ucdavis.edu/health-news/newsroom/research-provides-a-roadmap-to-hiv-eradication-via-stem-cell-therapy-/2021/06
Arizona State University biomedical engineering researchers developed a new cell classifier tool that takes a higher-resolution look at the life cycle of neuroepithelial stem cells, which led to the discovery…more […]
