News

Efforts to monitor the spread of antibiotic resistance worldwide could be transformed with a map created using data from analysis of sewage samples.

Researchers have now developed a new, inexpensive method for DNA amplification: the Cas9n-based amplification reaction (Cas9nAR). It consists of a single step in homogeneous solution, and takes place at a constant temperature of 37 °C.

Researchers have managed to understand the origins of the saffron crocus and shed light on the parent species using molecular and cytogenetic methods.

Researchers have found that adolescent binge drinking, even if discontinued, increases the risk for anxiety later in life due to abnormal epigenetic programming.

A new study challenges one of the classic assumptions about how new proteins evolve. The research shows that random, noncoding sections of DNA can quickly evolve to produce new proteins.

Researchers shed light on the function of selenocysteine, the "21st amino acid".

A large number of previously uncharacterized bacteria living in and on humans has been discovered and analyzed by scientists

New research indicates that colorectal cancer diagnosed at an early age has clinical and genetic features that are different from those seen in traditional colorectal cancer diagnosed later in life. The study also revealed certain unique features in especially young patients and those with predisposing conditions.

Commonly referred to as a genome editing tool, many scientists have found different applications for the scissor-like properties of the Cas9-protein. Researchers have now found a way to utilise the RNA/protein complex in a slightly different way - as a cytogenetic torch.

Australian and US researchers have developed a way to discover elusive cancer-promoting genes, and have already identified one that appears to promote aggressive breast cancers.