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Neanderthal gene can confer protection against severe COVID-19, finds study

February 22, 2021 Allele, cell, chromosome, Chromosome 12, Chromosome 3, Coronavirus, Coronavirus Disease COVID-19, DNA, frequency, gene, genes, Genetic, genome, Genomics, Infectious Diseases, Intensive Care, locus, Neanderthal, Phylogeny, receptor, respiratory, RNA, SARS, SARS-CoV-2, Severe Acute Respiratory, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, syndrome:

Some of the genes in the human genome appear to confer a protective effect against severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19),

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New method uses DNA biomarkers to flag prenatal environmental exposures in children

February 18, 2021 Air Pollution, biomarker, Blood, children, chronic, DNA, Epigenetics, Pollution, pregnancy, prenatal, Public Health

Scientists at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health developed a method using a DNA biomarker to easily screen pregnant

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Modified CRISPR/Cas9 complex targets specific histones

February 10, 2021 Bioengineering, cancer, Cas9, cell, chromosome, Crispr, DNA, enzyme, Epigenetics, gene, Gene Expression, genes, genome, Genome Editing, Histones, melanoma, molecule, Phosphorylation, protein, research, students

Finding a needle in a haystack is hard enough. But try finding a specific molecule on the needle. Rice University

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What is Cockayne Syndrome?

February 2, 2021 baby, Cockayne Syndrome, DNA, Education, eye, gene, genes, Genetic, hearing loss, Nervous System, Rare Disease, Sunburn, Transcription

Cockayne syndrome is a rare disease, which occurs in about 1 in 500,000 babies. Aesthetically the babies’ symptoms include: smaller-than-usual

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Regulation of Gene Expression

February 1, 2021 Bases, Chromatin, DNA, e. coli, Eukaryotes, gene, Gene Expression, genes, Genetic, glucose, Messenger RNA (mRNA), Molecular Biology, Polymerase, Prokaryotes, Promoter, protein, RNA, Splicing, Transcription, Translation, tryptophan

Gene expression can be regulated by various cellular processes with the aim to control the amount and nature of the

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DNA test can quickly identify pneumonia in patients with severe COVID-19, aiding faster treatment

January 15, 2021 (COVID-19), aiding, Can, DNA, Faster, identify, in, patients, Pneumonia, quickly, severe, test, treatment, with

Researchers have developed a DNA test to quickly identify secondary infections in COVID-19 patients, who have double the risk of

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Persistent DNA damage in the placenta affects pregnancy outcomes

June 16, 2020 affects, damage, DNA, in, outcomes, Persistent, placenta, pregnancy, the

Scientists at the Stowers Institute for Medical Research have shown that a dysfunctional placenta can play a previously unrecognized role

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Drug with new approach on impeding DNA repair shows promise in first clinical trial

June 16, 2020 approach, clinical, DNA, drug, First, impeding, in, New, on, promise, repair, shows, trial, with

In its first randomized clinical trial, a drug that targets a protein needed by cancer cells to maintain their dogged

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Overfed infants have DNA changes linked to aging, mouse study finds

August 26, 2019 aging, Changes, DNA, finds, Have, infants, Linked, mouse, Overfed, study, to

How much you eat as a baby may determine how you age: Overfed infants have DNA changes normally seen in

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Consumer genetic testing customers stretch their DNA data further with third-party interpretation websites

June 14, 2019 Consumer, Customers, data, DNA, further, Genetic, interpretation, stretch, testing, Their, third-party, websites, with

Back in 2016, Helen (a pseudonym) took three different direct-to-consumer (DTC) genetic tests: AncestryDNA, 23andMe and FamilyTreeDNA. She saw genetic

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