Category: Genetics

Tips for optimising and validating your multiplex qPCR assays 

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The CRISPR gene editing tool has been revolionary for the research lab, and it has also been used to transform the lives of a handful of patients of a few genetic diseases. Now scientists have used CRISPR to…

Our immune systems function by employing two separate responses when in contact with disease. The first is the innate immune system, which aids in monitoring for infection throughout the body. Innate immunity…

The liver plays a critical role in metabolism. The metabolic activity of the liver is carefully controlled by signaling molecules, such as the hormone insulin. The liver can handle the metabolism of sugars…

In a major breakthrough, a patient has been treated with a personalized CRISPR therapeutic that aims to cure their rare genetic disease. This individual, who is known as KJ, was diagnosed with severe carbamoyl…

This mutation is located in the Rho GTPase Activating Protein 36 (Arhgap36) gene and appears to occur in no other mammal, according to a research team led by Stanford University School of Medicine scientists.

A new study has investigated the genetic influences on obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), and has identified about thirty genes that are associated with this serious mental health issue. The researchers…

Lung cancer is a leading cause of cancer deaths around the world, and is often not diagnosed until it is in late stages that are frequently untreatable. Scientists have used a mouse model to identify what they…

The immune system can work in two ways: the innate immune system reacts to any foreign invaders that are identified by immune cells that look for such pathogens; but the acquired or adaptive immune system…