Microgravity causes changes in gene expression rhythms
29 March, 2024Astronauts exposed to microgravity experience changes to physiology, including immune suppression, increased inflammation, and reduced muscle mass and bone density.
CRISPR-Cas gene editing eliminates HIV in lab
21 March, 2024Scientists deployed CRISPR-Cas molecular scissors and two gRNAs against 'conserved' HIV sequences, and achieved cure of HIV-infected T cells.
Protein biomarkers help predict dementia 15 years in advance
15 February, 2024 by Lauren DavisA new study adds to the growing body of evidence that measuring levels of certain proteins in the blood of healthy people could accurately predict dementia.
Seer Proteograph automated platform for proteomic studies
07 February, 2024Seer has released what it describes as the first and only automated platform for proteomic studies that enables sampling across the entire plasma proteome's wide dynamic range.
Gene therapy restores hearing in deaf children
01 February, 2024Researchers utilised an adeno-associated virus (AAV) to 'carry' a version of the human OTOF gene into the inner ears of the patients.
Next-gen genomics reveals diversity of Indigenous Australians
16 January, 2024Researchers identified more than 160,000 structural genetic variants, which is more than any previous population-level long-read study to date.
COVID-19 causes epigenetic scars in the lung
29 November, 2023COVID-19 causes profound epigenetic changes in the lungs of patients who have died from the disease, particularly affecting genes related to hyperinflammation and fibrosis.
OGT SureSeq Myeloid MRD Panel
15 November, 2023The SureSeq Myeloid MRD Panel is claimed to represent a substantial improvement on conventional flow cytometry and qPCR methods of detecting measurable residual disease (MRD) in acute myeloid leukemia (AML) samples.
Yeast with a >50% synthetic genome created in the lab
10 November, 2023Researchers have combined over seven synthetic chromosomes that were made in the lab into a single yeast cell, resulting in a strain with more than 50% synthetic DNA.
AdipoGen Life Sciences latrunculins
02 November, 2023Latrunculins are cell-permeable marine toxins that have been shown to strongly affect actin polymerisation.
OGT GeneSpect Somatic Reporter
01 November, 2023Users of SureSeq myeloid panels can now benefit from insightful tertiary reporting for all myeloid malignancy content and variants.
Renting linked to faster biological aging, study finds
31 October, 2023Renting your home has a stronger link to faster 'biological aging' — the cumulative damage to the body's tissues and cells — compared to unemployment or being a former smoker.
Gene editing could help protect chickens from bird flu
19 October, 2023When ANP32A gene-edited chickens were exposed to a normal dose of the H9N2-UDL strain of avian influenza virus, nine out of 10 birds remained uninfected.
A NICER approach to genome editing developed
11 October, 2023Researchers have developed a new gene editing technique that is just as effective as CRISPR/Cas9 while significantly reducing any unintended mutations.
Switching off the protein that triggers muscular dystrophy
09 October, 2023SMCHD1, a gene discovered by researchers in 2008, is critical for switching off the production of the protein that causes facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy.