Magic mushrooms gene cluster save themselves
In Ohio, researchers found that psilocybin, the chemical that gives mushrooms hallucinogenic effects, actually serves a purpose for the mushrooms themselves. They analyzed three...
Medication Making You Sicker? Blame Your Gut Bacteria!
In New York, your gut bacteria can directly affect how well your body absorbs and metabolizes medication. Research on a chemotherapy drug showed that...
Omicia Acquires Spiral Genetics to Integrate Genome Technology for Precision Medicine
In California, Omicia, which provides software tools for fast processing and analyzing of genomic data, acquired Seattle, Washington based Spiral Genetics. Spiral Genetics develops...
New Gene Editing Approach Speeds Up Precision Medicine
In Virginia, researchers have found a way to analyze gene mutations for cancer patients more quickly than ever before so that medicines and treatments...
Save the elephants! Genetic research could help elephant conservation efforts
In Massachusetts, scientists at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Harvard Medical School, Uppsala University, the University of Potsdam, and McMaster University used...
A2 Milk hopes genetics help souring milk sales
In New Zealand, A2 Milk Co. is using genetics to fix souring milk sales by only using genetically tested cows that produce the A2...
Genetic Sequencing Helps Find Key to Pest Resistant Soybeans
In Missouri, researchers found a key genetic discovery that can help develop more pest-resistant soybean crops. Cyst nematodes are the bane of many soy...
Seven Bridges and SolveBio Integrate Genomic Data Platforms
In New York, genomic data analysis platforms from Seven Bridges and SolveBio have been integrated with each other to provide expanded capabilities to clients....
520 day isolation shows microbes could endanger Mars space crew on long journey
In Russia, six Marsonauts crew members lived in a mock space capsule for the 520 days it would take to travel to Mars and...
Radioactive Tracking Helps Gain Insight on How Corn Can Repair Damage from Western Corn...
In Missouri, researchers at the University of Missouri have used nuclear methods to find key information that can help breed western corn rootworm resistant...