Genome-editing tool TALEN outperforms CRISPR-Cas9 in tightly packed DNA
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Researchers used single-molecule imaging to compare the genome-editing tools CRISPR-Cas9 and...
Genetic sequence for parasitic flowering plant Sapria
Sapria himalayana is found in Southeast Asia and its mottled red and white flower is...
Researcher expands plant genome editing with newly engineered variant of CRISPR-Cas9
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Alongside Dennis van Engelsdorp, associate professor at the University of Maryland...
Rare quadruple-helix DNA found in living human cells with glowing probes
Quadruple-helix DNA. Credit: Imperial College London New probes allow scientists to see four-stranded DNA interacting...
Researchers develop new method to revamp and minimize yeast genome
Schematic illustration of the SCRaMbLE-based genome compaction (SGC) method. Credit: SIAT Researchers from the Shenzhen...
Could COVID-19 have wiped out the Neandertals?
Credit: Wikipedia Everybody loves Neandertals, those big-brained brutes we supposedly outcompeted and ultimately replaced using...
Researchers reveal the first cryo-EM structures of NSD2 and NSD3 in complex with nucleosome
Credit: Nature The nuclear receptor–binding SET Domain (NSD) family protein is closely connected with many...
Beyond changing DNA itself, mutagens also cause errors in gene transcription
Assistant Professor Marc Vermulst. Credit: USC/Stephanie Kleinman Exposure to mutagens, or mutation-causing agents, can not...
Ancient DNA continues to rewrite corn’s 9,000-year society-shaping history
Three roughly 2,000-year-old corn cobs from the El Gigante rock shelter site in Honduras. These...
High-speed model for the fight against SARS-CoV2
Four spike proteins on the membrane surface of sars-CoV-2. If these proteins bind to ACE2...