Researchers have proven that a single gene can convert female Aedes aegypti mosquitoes into fertile male mosquitoes and identified a gene needed for male mosquito flight. …read more Source:: Science
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Gene variant staves off Alzheimer’s in some people
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•People with a gene variant that puts them at high risk for Alzheimer’s disease are protected from its debilitating effects if they also carry a variant of a completely different …read more Source:: Science
A short bout of exercise enhances brain function
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•Neuroscientists, working with mice, have discovered that a short burst of exercise directly boosts the function of a gene that increases connections between neurons in the hippocampus, the region of …read more Source:: Science
The neuroscience of autism: New clues for how condition begins
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•Scientists have uncovered details of a key cellular mechanism crucial for proper brain development. It involves a gene that, when mutated, had previously been linked to the development of autism. …read more Source:: Science
Brain changes in autism traced to specific cell types
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•Changes in gene activity in specific brain cells are associated with the severity of autism in children and young adults with the disorder, according to a new study. …read more Source:: Science
CRISPR-Cas3 innovation holds promise for disease cures, advancing science
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•Scientists have used a new type of gene editing CRISPR system for the first time in human cells – a major advance in the field. …read more Source:: Science
With single gene insertion, blind mice regain sight
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•People left blind by retinal degeneration have one option: electronic eye implants. Neuroscientists have now developed an alternative: gene therapy that, in tests, restored vision in blind mice. A gene …read more Source:: Science
Stem cells organize themselves into pseudo-embryos
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•The three axes of the mammalian body, established shortly after implantation of the embryo in the uterus, becomes organized under the control of gene networks that coordinate the transcription of …read more Source:: Science
Zombie gene protects against cancer — in elephants
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•LIF6, a dead gene that came back to life, prevents cancer by killing cells with DNA damage. …read more Source:: Science
Marine mammals lack functional gene to defend against popular pesticide
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•As marine mammals evolved to make water their primary habitat, they lost the ability to make a protein that defends humans and other land-dwelling mammals from the neurotoxic effects of …read more Source:: Science