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DNA, or deoxyribonucleic acid, is the hereditary material in humans and almost all other organisms. Nearly every cell in a person’s body has the same DNA. Most DNA is located in the cell nucleus (where it is called nuclear DNA), but a small amount of DNA can also be found in the mitochondria (where it is called mitochondrial DNA or mtDNA).

Current and future perspectives of mRNA technology

New research reports on the current and future perspectives on messenger ribonucleic acid technology, the platform on which the first successful COVID-19 vaccine was based.

8 Mar 2022

Effect of COVID-19 mRNA vaccine on in vitro glial cells of the brain studied by Raman spectroscopy and imaging

Researchers studied how the mRNA-based BNT162b2 COVID-19 vaccine altered the biochemical composition of glial and glioma brain cells in vitro.

8 Mar 2022

World's largest genetic study reveals fresh details about severe Covid-19

The world's largest study of the genetics of critical Covid-19, involving more than 57,000 people, has revealed fresh details about some of the biological mechanisms behind the severe form of the disease.

7 Mar 2022

Slowing down the DNA replication speed increases cell reprogramming efficiency

Adult cells in our body can only give rise to the same cell type. For example, a skin cell cannot give rise to a muscle cell but to skin cells only.

7 Mar 2022

Could oropharyngeal microflora predict COVID-19 patients' need for respiratory support?

Researchers identify oropharyngeal bacteria and metabolic pathways that are predictive of the need for respiratory support in COVID-19 patients.

7 Mar 2022

NETosis in COVID-19 and MIS-C

A new study investigates the role played by neutrophil extracellular traps formation and degradation in COVID-19.

7 Mar 2022

New, highly promising strategy to overcome a key cause of cancer deaths

A research team led by scientists at Albert Einstein College of Medicine has devised a novel and highly promising strategy for overcoming a key cause of cancer deaths: the ability of cancer cells to thrive in the face of chemotherapy drugs designed to destroy them.

7 Mar 2022

World Trade Center responders have increased levels of mutations that escalate blood cancer risk

Scientists from Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center (VICC) collaborated with researchers from New York to determine that 9/11 first responders to the World Trade Center have increased levels of mutations that escalate their risk for blood cancers or cardiovascular disease, according to a study published March 7 in Nature Medicine.

7 Mar 2022

Current progress in SARS-CoV-2 vaccine candidates

In a new study, researchers illustrated the current progress and obstacles in COVID-19 vaccine development.

7 Mar 2022

Combating COVID cytokine storm with targeted nucleic acid therapies

Researchers examine current nucleic acid-based treatments against COVID-19 and their methods of action.

6 Mar 2022

New technique can upregulate specific genes without permanently altering the genome

By combining CRISPR technology with a protein designed with artificial intelligence, it is possible to awaken individual dormant genes by disabling the chemical "off switches" that silence them.

6 Mar 2022

New fluorescent label provides a clearer picture of how DNA architecture is disrupted in cancer cells

Researchers have developed a new fluorescent label that gives a clearer picture of how DNA architecture is disrupted in cancer cells. The findings could improve cancer diagnoses for patients and classification of future cancer risk.

4 Mar 2022

New DNA test can quickly and accurately identify a range of hard-to-diagnose genetic diseases

A new DNA test, developed by researchers at the Garvan Institute of Medical Research in Sydney and collaborators from Australia, UK and Israel, has been shown to identify a range of hard-to-diagnose neurological and neuromuscular genetic diseases quicker and more-accurately than existing tests.

4 Mar 2022

New micro-protein supports cell division and proliferation during nutrient scarcity

Researchers from the University of Eastern Finland and the University of Montreal (Canada) have discovered that a micro-protein, which they named Nrs1, supports cell division and proliferation when nutrients are scarce.

4 Mar 2022

Patterns of bat β-coronaviruses evolution

Researchers conduct an evolutionary analysis of SARS-CoV-2-related bat β-coronavirus genomes.

4 Mar 2022

Study finds how genetic baggage can accumulate in the genomes of normal and mutant animals

You are probably familiar with the term that some people carry "a lot of extra baggage." Usually that term refers to that person's emotional history, but in genetics and our genomes, "extra baggage" can also describe the transposons lurking in our genomes, a historical record of our genomes surviving traumatic invasions during evolution.

4 Mar 2022

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Current and future perspectives of mRNA technology

Effect of COVID-19 mRNA vaccine on in vitro glial cells of the brain studied by Raman spectroscopy and imaging

World's largest genetic study reveals fresh details about severe Covid-19

Slowing down the DNA replication speed increases cell reprogramming efficiency

Could oropharyngeal microflora predict COVID-19 patients' need for respiratory support?

NETosis in COVID-19 and MIS-C

New, highly promising strategy to overcome a key cause of cancer deaths

World Trade Center responders have increased levels of mutations that escalate blood cancer risk

Current progress in SARS-CoV-2 vaccine candidates

Combating COVID cytokine storm with targeted nucleic acid therapies

New technique can upregulate specific genes without permanently altering the genome

New fluorescent label provides a clearer picture of how DNA architecture is disrupted in cancer cells

New DNA test can quickly and accurately identify a range of hard-to-diagnose genetic diseases

New micro-protein supports cell division and proliferation during nutrient scarcity

Patterns of bat β-coronaviruses evolution

Study finds how genetic baggage can accumulate in the genomes of normal and mutant animals

UH researcher receives $2 million to develop drugs for traditionally undruggable targets in cancer

Scientists identify new biomarkers that can be used as predictive tools of deep space flight risks

Sugar-decorated proteins in mucus could prevent SARS-CoV-2 viruses from spreading from surfaces

Nicotinamide riboside supplement shows promise as a potential therapy for Parkinson’s disease

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