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Using a process called RNA interference, scientists were able to effectively "silence" specific genes in the varroa mites in order to determine the specific role of the genes in the mite's biology.

The $60,000 grant will fund a project to demonstrate a sprayable technology to apply RNA interference technology in a biopesticide targeting the Diamondback moth.

Thermo Fisher Scientific expands portfolio of next-generation sequencing immuno-oncology and liquid biopsy assays in cancer research.

National Library of Medicine (NLM) Director Patricia Flatley Brennan, R.N., Ph.D., has appointed James M. Ostell, Ph.D., as the director of the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).

A team of researchers led by a bioinformatician at the University of California San Diego has developed a method to help determine whether certain hard-to-study mutations are likely to be involved in harmful conditions.

A fungus known to decimate populations of gypsy moths creates “death clouds” of spores that can travel more than 40 miles to potentially infect populations of invasive moths, according to a new Cornell study.

Kinship odorants drive dopamine-GABA switching in accessory olfactory bulb neurons.

Synpromics Ltd, the leader in gene control and synthetic promoter development, moves to new world-class facilities at the Roslin Innovation Centre.

DZIF scientists were successful in their study, assessing early on, the longer-term immune response in humans after being vaccinated with the newly developed Ebola vaccine “rVSV-ZEBOV“.

Gene variants that boost the risk for both diseases may be targets for future therapies.