Sniffing out lizard poop could offer a way to save them

When combined with DNA identification, dogs trained to sniff out the scat of endangered lizards could offer a new noninvasive way to protect them.

Kat Kerlin-UC Davis • futurity
Nov. 5, 2019 ~3 min

How proteins stabilize and repair broken DNA

For DNA repair, proteins build a relatively huge scaffold around the fracture.The proportions are roughly that of "a basketball and a pin head."

Anders Buch-Larsen • futurity
Nov. 1, 2019 ~4 min


Imposters could pose as a relative using your DNA info

Malicious users could use a site called GEDmatch to get your genetic identity and use it to impersonate family.

Sarah McQuate-Washington • futurity
Oct. 31, 2019 ~8 min

DNA delivery into T cells may improve immunotherapy

A new method that delivers DNA directly into immune cells could help solve some of the problems with immunotherapy cancer treatments.

National University of Singapore • futurity
Oct. 16, 2019 ~5 min

Some cancer cells turn cannibal to survive chemotherapy

Some cancer cells get the energy they need to survive chemotherapy by going cannibal and chowing down on neighboring tumor cells.

Keith Brannon-Tulane • futurity
Sept. 20, 2019 ~3 min

CRISPR fix in mice may lead to muscular dystrophy therapy

Using CRISPR to correct mutated muscle stem cells in mice may pave the way for lifelong treatments for people with Duchenne muscular dystrophy.

Derek Thompson-Missouri • futurity
Sept. 19, 2019 ~4 min

New forensics method works ‘backward’ to DNA

Proteomics, a new forensics tool, means "reading DNA when you don't have any DNA to read." Here's how the technique works.

Andy Fell-UC Davis • futurity
Sept. 18, 2019 ~5 min

2-million-year-old rhino tooth’s genetic info is the oldest ever

A new method is letting researchers get at the ancient proteins preserved in a rhino tooth fossil from almost 2 million years ago.

Cecilie Krabbe-Copenhagen • futurity
Sept. 12, 2019 ~7 min


How private will an ancestry website keep my DNA?

"...these are for-profit companies and ultimately their responsibility is to maximize their profits, not to protect your privacy," says law professor Erin Murphy.

Kendall Boyda-NYU • futurity
Aug. 27, 2019 ~1 min

Wild boar genes recreated domestic pigs

"...when we look at modern European pigs, they look like they were domesticated in Europe even though we now know that is not true."

Keith Randall-Texas A&M • futurity
Aug. 16, 2019 ~3 min

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