Canada invests $255M in genomics research
In Canada, federal and provincial governments are partnering with research institutions and private sector partners to invest $255 million in genomics research bringing new...
New Genes Found Linked to Autism Can Offer Hope for Better Treatment Options
In Canada, researchers analyzed the genomes from more than 5,000 people and found the usual 43 genes that have shown up in prior studies,...
Professor Uses Big Data to Understand How Body Reacts to Virus Attack
In Norway, a professor from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology’s Centre of Molecular Inflammation Research is using big data to collect and...
Get dirty to fight skin cancer – Dirt microbe kills melanoma cells
In Oregon, researchers at Oregon State University found that a type of soil-dwelling bacterium produces molecules that induce death in melanoma cells, The molecule...
Science Helping to Solve That Love Handle Problem – Researchers Find Enzyme to Help...
In Maryland, researchers at the National Institutes of Health found an enzyme that gets more and more overactive as we age, thus contributing to...
Illinois State researcher gets funding to develop pennycress genetic resources
In Illinois, Illinois State Associate Professor of Genetics John Sedbrook is collaborating on a $1 million grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture...
Stem cells help pets recover from arthritis and dysplasia
In Florida, specialty hospital Affiliated Veterinary Specialists has conducted eight successful adult stem cell procedures on horses and dogs to help them with dysplasia,...
Hope for Children with Brain Tumors
In Illinois, researchers discovered how the most deadly pediatric brain tumor, diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma, develops and found a compound that can flip the...
uBiome Awards Grant to Study Pregnant Women Genomics and Preterm Birth
In Massachusetts, Dr. Olaf Bodamer from Boston Children’s Hospital, who is known in pediatrics, biochemistry and human and molecular genetics, is using a newly...
Canada using DNA technologies to speed up agricultural imports and exports
In Canada, the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food announced that the Canadian Food Inspection Agency is using DNA-based technologies to help speed up the...