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Stopping Age-related DNA Damage

Experiments in mice suggest way to thwart DNA damage from aging, radiation.
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A Molecular On/Off Switch for CRISPR

TSRI scientists reveal how viruses disable bacterial immune systems.
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Systemic Identification of Tumor Vulnerabilities

Protein identified as potential druggable target for pancreatic cancer using novel in vivo platform.
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What Gives Cannabis its Flavour?

UBC scientists have scanned the genome of cannabis plants to find the genes responsible for giving various strains their lemony, skunky or earthy flavours, an important step for the budding legal cannabis industry.
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A 5 Point Plan for Agricultural Microbiome Research

Understanding plant-microbiome interactions could improve plant health and yield.
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Cover Cropping Presents Unexpected Risks

Researchers have uncovered the potential for elevated disease risk in corn following the use of cereal rye as a cover crop.
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Novel Rice Strain Allows Farmers to Choose When to Harvest

A new strain of rice that flowers within a certain period of time after being sprayed with commercial chemicals commonly used to protect rice from fungal diseases is now available.
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Death Mechanism Self-eradicates Duplicating Cancer Cells

Modifying specific proteins during cancer cell division unleashes a natural killing mechanism.
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EPO to Grant Historic CRISPR Patent

The European Patent Office has announced its intention to grant a broad patent for the revolutionary CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing technology to the University of California, the University of Vienna and Emmanuelle Charpentier.
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Tracking Cancer Genetics at the Single Cell Level

Single Cell Consensus Clustering (SC3) tool more accurate and robust than previous methods for sorting cells into groups.
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