Discovering how diabetes leads to vascular disease
UC Davis researchers find a cellular link between high blood sugar and blood vessel constriction
Credit: UC Regents / UC Davis Health
A team of UC Davis Health scientists and physicians has identified a cellular connection...
GWAS Discovers New Type 2 Diabetes Gene in African Population
A genome-wide analysis of type 2 diabetes (T2D) in sub-Saharan African populations, which have been vastly underrepresented in genomics research, resulted in the discovery of a previously-unreported gene, ZRANB3 (Zinc Finger RANBP2-Type Containing 3),...
NIH publishes largest genomic study on type 2 diabetes in sub-Saharan African populations
Researchers show critical association between diabetes and previously unlinked ZRANB3 gene
Credit: Ernesto del Aguila III, NHGRI
National Institute of Health researchers have reported the largest genomic study of type 2 diabetes (T2D) in sub-Saharan Africans,...
Mammoth Biosciences Licenses 2 UC Patents for CRISPR-Based Diagnostic Platform
Trevor Martin, PhD, CEO and co-founder of Mammoth Biosciences
Mammoth Biosciences said today that it has exclusively licensed patents granted by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to the regents of the University of California...
Astellas, Frequency Therapeutics Partner to Develop Hearing Loss Drug
David L. Lucchino, cofounder, president, and CEO of Frequency Therapeutics
Astellas Pharma will partner with Frequency Therapeutics to develop Frequency’s lead candidate—the Phase IIa-bound sensorineural hearing loss regenerative therapeutic FX-322—through a collaboration that could generate...
Global Biotechnology-Based Chemical Market 2019-2025 Technology Strategy Board, Innovation Norway – Market Analyst
Global Biotechnology-Based Chemical Market 2019-2025 investigated the popular scenario within the descriptions, arrangements, applications, and business chain structure. The Biotechnology-Based Chemical Market report additionally focuses on the event trends additionally as history, competitive facet...
Semi-Synthetic Organism Is Put Through Its Protein-Production Paces
The engineering of semi-synthetic organisms seemed to have stalled. Yes, they could be equipped with unnatural base pairs (UBPs), and DNA sequences containing these UBPs could be stably maintained and transcribed, leading to the...
Researchers deploy a novel mobile lab for rapid, real-time pathogen testing in the field
Credit: University of Minnesota
University of Minnesota researchers have refined testing methods for tick-borne diseases in the field by using a new, deployable mobile laboratory and performing genetic sequencing of key pathogens to better understand...
Evolutionary Anti-Starvation Mechanism May Now Drive Obesity Epidemic
Scientists in the United States suggest how a molecular mechanism that may have helped to stop our ancestors from starving might now be contributing to the obesity epidemic. Studies headed by a team at...
Proposed gene therapy for a heart arrhythmia, based on models made from patient cells
Researchers engineer human tissue model of CPVT, the No. 1 cause of sudden cardiac death in youth, and reverse CPVT in mice with gene therapy
Credit: Sung Jin Park and Donghui Zhang from the Kevin...
