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Researchers have discovered how antibodies secreted in the gut promote the growth of beneficial bacteria by altering the expression of bacterial genes.

Rice plants engineered to have fewer stomata – tiny openings used for gas exchange - are more tolerant to drought and resilient to future climate change, a new study has revealed.

Scientists have shed light on how a major cause of human and animal disease can jump between species, by studying its genes. The findings reveal fresh insights into how new disease-causing strains of the bacteria – called Staphylococcus aureus – emerge.

Scientists have laid the statistical foundation for calculating match statistics when using Next Generation Sequencing, which produces forensic DNA profiles that can be more useful in solving some crimes.

An international research team including CU Boulder scientists has identified more than 1,200 genetic variants associated with how much schooling an individual completes and developed a “polygenic score” predictive of more than 11 percent of the variation in educational attainment between individuals.

Scientists have unveiled clues about a mysterious molecule called Yin Yang1 - and revealed it may fuel tumour growth in breast cancer.

Scientists have investigated a recessive disorder that prevented eye development and caused childhood blindness, identifying a gene, MARK3, that is the sole genetic cause of the condition.

Researchers are exploring the future of houseplants as aesthetically pleasing and functional sirens of home health. The idea is to genetically engineer house plants to serve as subtle alarms that something is amiss in our home and office environments.

When it comes to being fit, are genes or lifestyle more important? Researchers removed the nature part of the equation by studying a pair of identical twins who had taken radically different fitness paths over three decades. One became an Ironman triathlete while the other remained relatively sedentary over the last 30 years.

Predicting genes that can cause disease due to the production of truncated or altered proteins that take on a new or different function, rather than those that lose their function, is now possible thanks to an international team of researchers that has developed a new analytical tool to effectively and efficiently predict such candidate genes.