Life Scientist > Molecular Biology

CRISPR-Cas gene editing eliminates HIV in lab

21 March, 2024

Scientists deployed CRISPR-Cas molecular scissors and two gRNAs against 'conserved' HIV sequences, and achieved cure of HIV-infected T cells.


Protein biomarkers help predict dementia 15 years in advance

15 February, 2024 by Lauren Davis

A new study adds to the growing body of evidence that measuring levels of certain proteins in the blood of healthy people could accurately predict dementia.


Seer Proteograph automated platform for proteomic studies

07 February, 2024

Seer has released what it describes as the first and only automated platform for proteomic studies that enables sampling across the entire plasma proteome's wide dynamic range.


Gene therapy restores hearing in deaf children

01 February, 2024

Researchers utilised an adeno-associated virus (AAV) to 'carry' a version of the human OTOF gene into the inner ears of the patients.


Next-gen genomics reveals diversity of Indigenous Australians

16 January, 2024

Researchers identified more than 160,000 structural genetic variants, which is more than any previous population-level long-read study to date.


COVID-19 causes epigenetic scars in the lung

29 November, 2023

COVID-19 causes profound epigenetic changes in the lungs of patients who have died from the disease, particularly affecting genes related to hyperinflammation and fibrosis.


OGT SureSeq Myeloid MRD Panel

15 November, 2023

The SureSeq Myeloid MRD Panel is claimed to represent a substantial improvement on conventional flow cytometry and qPCR methods of detecting measurable residual disease (MRD) in acute myeloid leukemia (AML) samples.


Yeast with a >50% synthetic genome created in the lab

10 November, 2023

Researchers have combined over seven synthetic chromosomes that were made in the lab into a single yeast cell, resulting in a strain with more than 50% synthetic DNA.


AdipoGen Life Sciences latrunculins

02 November, 2023

Latrunculins are cell-permeable marine toxins that have been shown to strongly affect actin polymerisation.


OGT GeneSpect Somatic Reporter

01 November, 2023

Users of SureSeq myeloid panels can now benefit from insightful tertiary reporting for all myeloid malignancy content and variants.


Renting linked to faster biological aging, study finds

31 October, 2023

Renting your home has a stronger link to faster 'biological aging' — the cumulative damage to the body's tissues and cells — compared to unemployment or being a former smoker.


Gene editing could help protect chickens from bird flu

19 October, 2023

When ANP32A gene-edited chickens were exposed to a normal dose of the H9N2-UDL strain of avian influenza virus, nine out of 10 birds remained uninfected.


A NICER approach to genome editing developed

11 October, 2023

Researchers have developed a new gene editing technique that is just as effective as CRISPR/Cas9 while significantly reducing any unintended mutations.


Switching off the protein that triggers muscular dystrophy

09 October, 2023

SMCHD1, a gene discovered by researchers in 2008, is critical for switching off the production of the protein that causes facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy.


High testosterone levels increase endometrial cancer risk

29 September, 2023

The hormone testosterone may play an important role in the development of endometrial cancer, raising new possibilities for screening, preventing and fighting the disease.


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