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Genetic “Fingerprint” of Prostate Cancer

DNA
About a third of men who are successfully treated (surgery and radiation) for localized prostate cancer still go on to [MORE]

Gene Therapy’s Breakout

CRISPR-Cas9 Mode of Action
September 14, 1990 was the first FDA approved human clinical trial for gene therapy. The patient, then [MORE]

Transgenerational Epigenetic Inheritance

Double-Stranded RNA
Geneticists who study Thoroughbred horses, looking for inheritance patterns of athleticism, have long noticed something called “the Grand Sire [MORE]

Molecular Autopsy

In a nation of 323 million, sudden death of 11,000 people a year is a relatively small toll. According to [MORE]

The Genetics Behind Prions

This piece is a touching story about young husband and wife researchers at the Broad Institute working on the genetics [MORE]

Proteomic Pathways to Huntington’s Disease

The inherited genetic pathology of Huntington’s disease has been known for more than 20 years: in the first exon of [MORE]

Profiling Prostate Cancer

Lab Technologist
The PSA assay for prostate cancer is notoriously inaccurate, opening the way for a better diagnostic of this major [MORE]

Understanding p53 in Tumor Cells

P53 Pathways
It could be the “holy grail” of cancer science if researchers figured out how to restore p53 tumor suppressor [MORE]

90% of Advanced Prostate Cancers have Clinically Actionable Genetic Aberrations

Genetic Counseling
In a collaboration involving eight centers in the US and Europe, researchers sequenced DNA and RNA from tissue biopsies [MORE]

A New and Improved CRISPR

CRISPR Cas9
Those in the know must be saying “CRISPR-Cas9” is “so yesterday.” This remarkable gene editing technology has shot like [MORE]

New Platform for Cancer Epigenetic Profiling

Epigenetics
Biostatisticians at Hong Kong Polytechnic University and Harvard University have collaborated to create a new “co-expression” analysis of cancer, on [MORE]

DNA Sequencing at Birth: the BabySeq Project

Molecular DNA Model
Since 1970, virtually every baby born in the US has undergone screening with Guthrie tests (a protein analysis [MORE]

A Sensor for “Animal Magnetism”

Worm’s Magnetosensor
Before wondering what the roundworm’s burrowing orientation has to do with anything other than C. elegan’s existence, remember that [MORE]

Robotic Drosophila Catcher

Drosophila Hangs from Robot’s Suction Tube
This year marks the centennial of a seminal book in the history of genetics: The [MORE]