Nucleic Acids Research

Genetics

New neural network for more accurate DNA editing

Russian bioinformaticians have proposed a new neural network architecture capable of evaluating how well a guide RNA has been chosen for a gene editing experiment. Their approach will facilitate more efficient DNA modification ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Researchers get down to the molecules of disease occurrence

A breakthrough genetic discovery from researchers at the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry at the University of Western Ontario is unlocking new clues about why some individuals experience early onset of neurodegenerative ...

Immunology

Immune response to SARS-CoV-2 variants investigated

HSE University researchers assessed the effectiveness of the T-cell immune response to 11 variants of SARS-CoV-2. The researchers used their results to develop the T-cell COVID-19 Atlas portal (T-CoV). The findings have been ...

Medical research

Remarkable new insights into the pathology of Usher syndrome

Human Usher syndrome (USH) is the most common form of hereditary deaf-blindness. Sufferers can be deaf from birth, suffer from balance disorders, and eventually lose their eyesight as the disease progresses. For some 25 years ...

Diabetes

Using L-IST RNA in the fight against type 2 diabetes

Across the world, type 2 diabetes is on the rise. A research group has discovered a new gene that may hold the key to preventing and treating lifestyle related diseases such as type 2 diabetes.

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