Revealing winners & losers in projected future climates
New research reveals how winners & losers from climate change can be identified based on their ability to adapt to rising future temperatures.
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Genetics
Largest study of prostate cancer genomics in Black Americans ids targets for therapies
Black men in the United States are known to suffer disproportionately from prostate cancer, but few studies have investigated whether genetic differences in prostate tumors could have anything to do with these health disparities.
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A Different Chia-PET Provides Insight Into Prostate Cancer
DALLAS – July 6, 2020 – UT Southwestern researchers have identified vast webs of small snippets of the genome that interact with each other and with genes to promote prostate cancer. Their findings, published June 22 in the Journal of Clinical Investigation, could lead to new ways to treat the most common type of malignancy in American men other than skin cancer.
Read moreEuropean ancestry plays role in ‘killer’ honey bees’ aggressiveness
What causes African hybrid honey bees (AHB), also known as killer bees, to be highly defensive and aggressive? York University researchers have found it was the mixing of African and European genetics that led to hyper-aggression in this invasive strain of honey bees.
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Why it’s no last orders for the Tequila bat
Native to the Americas, the tequila bat (Leptonycteris yerbabuenae) lives in caves in some of the hottest desert areas in Mexico.
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How Old Is Your Dog in Human Years? Scientists Develop Better Method than ‘Multiply by 7’
By mapping molecular changes in the genome over time, UC San Diego researchers developed a formula to more accurately compare dog age to human age — a tool that could also help them evaluate how well anti-aging products work.
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Case Western Reserve University-led team develops new approach to treat certain neurological diseases
A team led by Case Western Reserve University medical researchers has developed a potential treatment method for Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease (PMD), a fatal neurological disorder that produces severe movement, motor and cognitive dysfunction in children. It results from genetic mutations that prevent the body from properly making myelin, the protective insulation around nerve cells.
Read moreCOVID-19 Causes ‘Hyperactivity’ in Blood-Clotting Cells
Changes in blood platelets triggered by COVID-19 could contribute to the onset of heart attacks, strokes, and other serious complications in some patients who have the disease, according to University of Utah Health scientists. The researchers found that inflammatory proteins produced during infection significantly alter the function of platelets, making them “hyperactive” and more prone to form dangerous and potentially deadly blood clots.
Read moreNUS researchers uncover a novel protein which drives cancer progression
Cancers arise when the genetic code of normal cells is altered, causing excessive growth. Researchers from the Cancer Science Institute
Read moreHackensack Meridian CDI scientists uncover signposts in DNA for cancer, disease risk
Inclusion of cancer samples in detailed surveys, down to the level of single alleles, provides information about risks of cancer and some common diseases
Read moreAncient disease may increase resilience to bubonic plague
Genomic variants that cause common periodic fever have spread in Mediterranean populations over centuries, potentially protecting people from the plague
Read morePlasticity may make neurons vulnerable to Alzheimer’s disease
Neurons that regularly remodel are more prone to the dysfunctions linked to the disease’s onset, a new experimental and computational study finds
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