Rare genetic variants trace the signature of left-handers
Rare genetic variants, which alter the proteins at the base of the scaffolding that guarantees the shape of cells, trace the ‘signature’ of those who
Rare genetic variants, which alter the proteins at the base of the scaffolding that guarantees the shape of cells, trace the ‘signature’ of those who
A mouse embryo with 6 legs was obtained by a group of researchers at the Gulbenkian Scientific Institute in Oeiras, Portugal: the extra pair of
Aging could be a matter of gene length. That is, we do not age because of particular genes, but because the activity of long genes
Filling a long-standing gap, the ‘winter protein’ has finally been found, responsible for the sensation of cold in all mammals, including humans: in fact, while
In the not too distant future, lamps in houses and gardens could be replaced by luminescent plants thanks to synthetic biology: a key gene similar
Observed the first step in the process that transforms a healthy cell into a cell of the most common form of lung cancer, lung adenocarcinoma.
If today we can walk elegantly in an upright position without having to use one long tail like a barbellwe probably owe it to a
Thanks to a new technique, it was possible to ‘turn off’ the gene responsible for high cholesterol in mice without modifying the DNA sequence and
So far they have helped calculate the risk of diseases caused by a single gene, for example of the approximately 8 thousand rare diseases known
The key mechanism underlying obesity has been revealed, a pathological condition that affects almost 1 billion people around the world: although it is also linked