11-08-15 The mystery of how a butterfly has changed its wing patterns to mimic neighbouring species and avoid being eaten by birds has been solved by a team of European scientists. The study is published August 14, 2011 in the journal Nature. The greatest ev...

11-08-11 Genetically engineered spider silk could help overcome a major barrier to the use of gene therapy in everyday medicine, according to a new study that reported development and successful initial laboratory tests of such a material. It appears in ACS'...

11-06-15 Over the past decade, much progress has been made regarding the understanding and promise of personalized medicine. Scientists are just beginning to consider the impact of gene-diet interactions in different populations in regards to disease prevent...

11-06-14 A paper published online on June 13 in the Journal of Experimental Medicine (www.jem.org) identifies new gene mutations in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia（白血病） (CLL)a disease often associated with lack of response to chemotherapy and...

11-05-16 The human brain has yet to explain the origin of one its defining features the deep fissures（裂纹，龟裂） and convolutions（脑回，盘旋） that increase its surface area and allow for rational and abstract thoughts. An international collaboration of...

11-04-24 A gene called PVT1 may help reduce the kidneys ability to filter blood, leading to kidney disease, kidney failure and death, according to a study published today by researchers at the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen). The TGen team f...

11-04-22 April 21, 2011 (BRONX, NY) Researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have for the first time observed the activity of a single gene in living cells. In an unprecedented study, published in the April 22 online edition o...

11-03-28 Researchers at Mount Sinai School of Medicine have discovered a way that mutations in a gene called LRRK2 may cause the most common inherited form of Parkinson's disease. The study, published online this month in the journal Public Library of Scienc...

11-03-17 A gene therapy called NLX-P101 dramatically reduces movement impairment in Parkinson's patients, according to results of a Phase 2 study published today in the journal Lancet Neurology. The approach introduces a gene into the brain to normalize chem...

11-03-07 Scientists have identified a single mutated gene that causes Hajdu-Cheney syndrome（综合症） , a disorder of the bones causing progressive bone loss and osteoporosis（骨质疏松症） (fragile bones). The study, published in Nature Genetics today, gives...