Genetics & Molecular Biology

For Invasive Cancer Growth, A New Regulator Of Mitochondria Discovered

Cancer cells are so deadly because of their ability to quickly invade and a new study contends that part of the blame rests with mitochondria, the energy factories of the cell. Mitochondria are organelles inside most of our cells that generate energy and s ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 23 2016 - 12:14pm

Vitamin D Linked To Bladder Cancer In Systematic Review

Vitamin D, which is produced by the body through exposure to sunshine, helps the body control calcium and phosphate levels, important for healthy bones. It can also be obtained from food sources such as fatty fish and egg yolks but it can be difficult to ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 14 2016 - 1:14pm

I Would Appreciate Your Comment On A Recently Published Study....

The email was simple enough. It was a request from a member of the press asking “I would appreciate your reaction/comments to the recently published study on GMO corn for an article I am putting together on it. Deadline: Wednesday 4 January.” ...

Article - Alison Van Eenennaam - Feb 1 2017 - 11:33am

Another Day, Another Séralini Study

In what seems like a scene from the movie Groundhog Day, another rat study has come out of the laboratory of Dr. Giles-Eric Séralini, only in this case it is Roundup and not GMOs that are under fire. When I read the title of the  paper, “Multiomics reveal ...

Article - Alison Van Eenennaam - Feb 27 2017 - 5:33pm

Mitochondrial Dysfunction- The Genetic Disease That Gets Little Funding Or Coverage

Mitochondrial dysfunction, which leads to rare genetic disorders in children, some forms of heart disease, and most likely some cases of Parkinson’s disease, is bewildering in the variety and complexity of problems it can cause.  Mitochondria are, after al ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 30 2017 - 9:04am

CRISPR Plus SCNT Leads To Tuberculosis-Resistant Cows In China

CRISPR/Cas9 gene-editing technology, a way to generate very precise gene knock-out kits, has now been used to produce cows with resistance to bovine tuberculosis. Bovine TB, caused by Mycobacterium bovis, can be transmitted from livestock to humans, primar ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 1 2017 - 10:29am

The Genetics Of Human Height Revealed

A large-scale international study involving 700,000 participants has revealed 83 genetic variations controlling human height.  ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 1 2017 - 4:21pm

The Hard Science Behind The Non-Browning Arctic Apple

With the availability of Arctic Apples around the corner, there are a lot of questions swirling about how the browning is suppressed when the apple is exposed to air.   The browning process has great implications for the value of fruits and fruit products. ...

Article - Kevin M. Folta - Feb 7 2017 - 8:59am

More Research For Next Level Asperger Enhanced Thinking And Donald Trump

Genetic variants linked to autism spectrum disorders (ASD) contribute to enhanced cognition and are therefore positively selected in spite of the problems they also bring along – new evidence has just been published in PLOS Genetics [1]. The problems these ...

Article - Sascha Vongehr - Feb 28 2017 - 3:46am

Before Mitochondria: An Enzyme-Free Krebs Cycle?

Metabolism, the set of processes through which we gain energy from food and produce the biomolecules we need in our body's cells, is universal to life. The biochemical pathways that underpin these processes are highly similar across all organisms and ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 13 2017 - 2:48pm