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Video Game Players Advancing Genetic Research
Thousands of video game players have helped significantly advance our understanding of the genetic basis of diseases such as Alzheimer’s, diabetes and cancer over the past year. They are the users of a web-based video game developed by Dr. Jérôme...Penn Geneticists Help Show Bitter Taste Perception is Not Just About Flavors
Long the bane of picky eaters everywhere, broccoli’s taste is not just a matter of having a cultured palate; some people can easily taste a bitter compound in the vegetable that others have difficulty detecting. Now a team of Penn researchers has...Powerful Mathematical Model Greatly Improves Predictions for Species Facing Climate Change
UCLA life scientists and colleagues have produced the most comprehensive mathematical model ever devised to track the health of populations exposed to environmental change. The research, federally funded by the National Science Foundation, published Dec....Controlling Gene Expression to Halt Cancer Growth
NUT midline carcinoma (NMC) is a cancer without a cure, and one that affects all age groups. NMC is a rapid-growth disease with an average survival time of four and a half months after diagnosis, making the development of clinical trials for potential...UC Davis Researchers Discover Complexities of DNA Repair
An international team of scientists led by UC Davis researchers has discovered that DNA repair in cancer cells is not a one-way street as previously believed. Their findings show instead that recombination, an important DNA repair process, has a self-correcting...Vast Hidden Network Regulates Gene Expression in Cancer
Researchers at Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) and two other institutions have uncovered a vast new gene regulatory network in mammalian cells that could explain genetic variability in cancer and other diseases. The studies appear in the online...Johns Hopkins Scientists Discover ‘fickle’ DNA Changes in Brain
Johns Hopkins scientists investigating chemical modifications across the genomes of adult mice have discovered that DNA modifications in non-dividing brain cells, thought to be inherently stable, instead underwent large-scale dynamic changes as a result...Shake Hands with the Invisible Man
Adermatoglypia, which leaves some individuals without fingerprints, is an exceedingly rare condition. Now professor Eli Sprecher of Tel Aviv University has traced the cause of the condition to a genetic mutation that affects only four documented families...
