Scientists in a collaboration of Seoul (South Korea) institutions trained a deep learning model on ~13 thousand examples of CRISPR-Cas9…
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Scientists from UC Irvine used computational approach and minor experimental screening. They compared neurotransmitters – such as GABA and glycine…
Since its beginnings, CRISPR technology was used mainly to disrupt genes – to create so-called knock-outs. “Precise editions” were usually…
In a new study, scientists approached the classic problem of tumor recognition from the perspective of systems/synthetic biology. Instead of…
Some people have incredibly long runs of homozygosity with no clear deleterious effect. Sohini Ramachandran You inherit half of your…
Details of the cholera bacterium’s T6SS (type VI secretion system) have been worked out with sequencing methods – and showed…
Have you ever wondered whether the behavior of your dog is more dependent on genetics or more on its upbringing?…
Genetic modifications are often used to verify the mechanisms of drugs. To a surprise of scientists, 10 cancer drugs miss…
Not all mutations are equal – this sentence sounds obvious, but biological reality offers surprisingly complex mechanisms behind it. Two…
In plant genomes, histone H1 and DNA methylation cooperatively silence transposable elements, silence intragenic antisense transcripts, as well as maintain…