Scientists produce a reference map of human protein interactions

Scientists produce a reference map of human protein interactions, releasing data helpful for understanding diseases including cancer and infectious diseases such as COVID-19.

Jovana Drinjakovic • harvard
April 8, 2020 ~7 min

Identification of viruses and bacteria could be sped up through computational methods

A new multinational study has shown how the process of distinguishing viruses and bacteria could be accelerated through the use of computational methods.

Cambridge University News • cambridge
March 30, 2020 ~4 min


Genes link ‘Green Revolution’ to rice gone feral

Weedy rice is the result with cultivars of the crop go rogue. New research traces their origins to the "Green Revolution."

Talia Ogliore-WUSTL • futurity
March 27, 2020 ~4 min

Removing the constraining requirements at gene editing site

Investigators at Massachusetts General Hospital have modified the gene editing system, making it possible to potentially target any location across the entire human genome.

Harvard Gazette • harvard
March 26, 2020 ~3 min

Cambridge to spearhead £20million alliance to map spread of COVID-19 coronavirus

The University of Cambridge is to take a leading role in a major national effort to help understand and control the new coronavirus infection (COVID-19) announced today by the Government and the UK’s Chief Scientific Adviser.

Cambridge University News • cambridge
March 23, 2020 ~6 min

How we know the new coronavirus comes from nature

"We determined that SARS-CoV-2 originated through natural processes by comparing the genetic sequences and protein structures of other coronaviruses to those of new virus..."

Keith Brannon-Tulane • futurity
March 19, 2020 ~7 min

Coronavirus: sequencing the DNA of patients screened for coronavirus might save lives

It might protect thousands of people.

Richard Alan Nichols, Professor of Genetics, Queen Mary University of London • conversation
March 17, 2020 ~5 min

Ancient hornwort hints at new ways to grow crops

The genome of the hornwort, one of the first plants to colonize land, may offer a way to grow crops more efficiently with less synthetic fertilizer.

Kurt Bodenmueller-U. Zurich • futurity
March 16, 2020 ~4 min


How to help red squirrels fight back against invasive greys – with DNA sequencing

Scientists hope to learn what makes certain red squirrels able to survive squirrelpox. 

Rachael Tarlinton, Associate Professor in Veterinary Virology, University of Nottingham • conversation
March 2, 2020 ~5 min

How CRISPR technology is advancing

Fewer off-target edits and greater targeting scope bring gene editing technology closer to treating human diseases.

Caitlin McDermott-Murphy • harvard
Feb. 14, 2020 ~7 min

/

25