Team uses DNA to make quasicrystal out of nanoparticles

Nanoengineers have used to DNA to create a quasicrystal, a scientifically intriguing and technologically promising material structure.

Kate McAlpine-Michigan • futurity
Nov. 13, 2023 ~7 min

Making genetic prediction models more inclusive

MIT computer scientists developed a way to calculate polygenic scores that makes them more accurate for people across diverse ancestries.

Anne Trafton | MIT News • mit
Oct. 26, 2023 ~9 min


Thousands of programmable DNA-cutters found in algae, snails, and other organisms

New research finds RNA-guided enzymes called Fanzors are widespread among eukaryotic organisms.

Jennifer Michalowski | McGovern Institute for Brain Research • mit
Oct. 13, 2023 ~6 min

Research Shows Genetic Influence of Neanderthals, Denisovans

VOA Learning English • voa
Oct. 1, 2023 ~6 min

Decoding the complexity of Alzheimer’s disease

By analyzing epigenomic and gene expression changes that occur in Alzheimer’s disease, researchers identify cellular pathways that could become new drug targets.

Anne Trafton | MIT News • mit
Sept. 28, 2023 ~12 min

Can at-home DNA tests predict how you'll respond to your medications? Pharmacists explain the risks and benefits of pharmacogenetic testing

Genetic testing can help take the guesswork out of finding the right treatment. For certain diseases. To an extent.

Philip Empey, Associate Professor of Pharmacogenomics, University of Pittsburgh • conversation
Sept. 15, 2023 ~8 min

Study explains why certain immunotherapies don’t always work as predicted

The findings could help doctors identify cancer patients who would benefit the most from drugs called checkpoint blockade inhibitors.

Anne Trafton | MIT News • mit
Sept. 14, 2023 ~8 min

Can animals give birth to twins?

Animals often give birth to litters of more than one offspring at a time. But are those babies twins?

Tracy Jaffe, Assistant Clinical Professor of Veterinary Medicine, Mississippi State University • conversation
Sept. 11, 2023 ~7 min


Study connects neural gene expression differences to functional distinctions

Researchers compared a pair of superficially similar motor neurons in fruit flies to examine how their differing use of the same genome produced distinctions in form and function.

David Orenstein | The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory • mit
Aug. 25, 2023 ~8 min

New research reveals that Ötzi the iceman was bald and probably from a farming family – what else can DNA uncover?

We can predict hair and eye colour with reasonable accuracy from DNA, but other characteristics are being investigated.

Caroline Smith, Assistant Head, School of Life Sciences, University of Westminster • conversation
Aug. 24, 2023 ~7 min

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