GEN - Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology News

Plant Hormone Controls Protein Levels in Living Worm, Improves Aging Model

A new method uses the auxin-inducible degron (AID) system to tune protein levels with precision in living C. elegans.

Gene therapy for hereditary spastic paraplegia hits proof-of-principle milestone

There is no cure for the rare disease Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia (HSP), but researchers from Drexel University's College ...

Can scientists detect life without knowing what it looks like? Research using machine learning offers a new way

When NASA scientists opened the sample return canister from the OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample mission in late 2023, they found ...
eLife

Single molecule counting detects low-copy glycine receptors in hippocampal and striatal synapses

The study presents convincing quantitative evidence, supported by appropriate negative controls, for the presence of low-abundance glycine receptors (GlyRs) within inhibitory synapses in telencephalic ...
Interesting Engineering

MIT researchers crack secrets of proton movement in metal oxides with new model

A model developed by researchers at MIT can help predict proton movement inside materials based on hydrogen bond length and ...

Deep-learning model predicts how fruit flies form, cell by cell

During early development, tissues and organs begin to bloom through the shifting, splitting, and growing of many thousands of ...