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A new gene has been discovered that allows bacteria to become resistant to our last line of antibiotic defense.
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2015
Researchers at the Institute of Molecular Biology (IMB) in Mainz, Germany say they have unraveled a complex regulatory mechanism that explains how a single gene can drive the formation of brain cells.
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2015
Now, researchers at University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, Ludwig Cancer Research and Isis Pharmaceuticals demonstrate a commercially feasible way to use RNA to turn the CRISPR-Cas9 system on and off as desired — permanently editing a gene, but only temporarily activating CRISPR-Cas9.
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2015
A simple, ultrasensitive microRNA sensor developed and tested by researchers from the schools of science and medicine at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis and the Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Cancer Center holds promise for the design of new diagnostic strategies and, potentially, for the prognosis and treatment of pancreatic and other cancers.
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2015
Researchers from the Florida campus of the Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) say they have discovered several first-in-class compounds that target inactive Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacteria that hide inside cell aggregates, latent and persistent, waiting to break out.
