Researchers at Stanford University genetically engineered yeast to make painkilling medicines, a breakthrough that paves way for faster and potentially less expensive way to produce many different types of plant-based medicines. Published…
Tag: Genetics
Quest for clues about Alzheimer’s and schizophrenia leads to super-intelligent mice
In a quest to understand age-related cognitive decline, cognitive disorders such as Alzheimer’s disease and schizophrenia, researchers have developed a genetically modified mice with enhanced cognitive abilities. Researchers believe that the ‘brainy’…
Tumour-only genetic sequencing misguiding cancer treatment in 50% patients
Researchers have revealed that tumour-only genetic sequencing isn’t revealing the true picture thereby misguiding cancer treatment in almost 50 per cent of patients and to overcome this huge gap comparison to a…
Study reveals why you are more like your father
Researchers, in a first of its kind study, have shown how mammals inherit genetic variants from their parents and have revealed that mammals are genetically more like their dads. “This is an…