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A new technology has enabled neuroscientists to examine the chemistry of individual brain cells. The finding reveal how genes are regulated differently in brain cells of people with autism compared to neurotypical people.
How do brains convert experiences into memories? New research explores the chain of events by focusing on what genes shift into gear when neurons are firing.
Antisense therapy showed promising results in a first-in-human trial for Huntington’s disease.
One big challenge for gene therapies is delivering DNA or RNA safely to cells inside patients’ bodies. New nanoparticles could be an improvement over the current standard – repurposed viruses.
The daunting complexity of biological data requires tailored visualisation tools to reveal buried insights.
Converting a DNA sequence into an audio could help us learn something useful about it, like where mutations occur.
Epigenetics is consistent with the theory of evolution – in fact, Darwin predicted that tiny parcels might somehow provide a flow of information from experience to inheritance.
A new study shows cephalopods edit messages from their DNA, allowing them to adapt faster to their environment.
A cryptic part of DNA helps keep a species’ mutations in check until they become useful.
A new theory could explain why the key molecules of life - DNA and RNA - only come in one of two possible forms.
Understanding how the flu virus copies itself could open a way to killing it.
Humans have a deep history of viral infections, the evidence for which dates back to ancient DNA from Egyptian mummies.
Study suggests that comets and meteorites could have seeded planets beyond our own solar system with life.
microRNA used to be dismissed as “junk DNA”, but it plays an important role regulating the other genes in our genome.
A naturally-occurring system discovered in bacteria holds promise as a way to fight pathogens – very specifically and without the risk of antibiotic resistance.
A chemical found in hair bleach may help answer questions about the origins of life and explain why new life does not emerge on modern Earth. Hydrogen peroxide may have helped transform RNA (ribonucleic…
Our genetic material is encoded in DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid). DNA is famous. But you may also have also heard of RNA (ribonucleic acid). So, what is RNA, and what is it good for? Quite a lot really…
Brain tumours communicate with other cells in a similar way to twitter, according to a new study from the Brain and Mind…
A new flu detection test promises the ability to be carried in a first-aid kit and to be used with the ease of an iPhone…
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Jenny Graves is a Friend of The Conversation.Distinguished Professor of Genetics and Vice Chancellor's Fellow, La Trobe University
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