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Copying Foreign Genes Helps Bacteria Withstand the Test of Time

Copying Foreign Genes Helps Bacteria Withstand the Test of Time

04.02.2021
Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, Viruses & Microorganisms, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Genetics
Tracking how bacteria adopt new genes provides unique insight into their evolution, antibiotic resistance and the creation of useful bacteria in the...
cells that remember their identity

Memories of a Cancer Cell

08.10.2020
Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, Cancer, Systems Biology, Genetics
Cancer cells turn out to have memories. But these are unreliable and can end up causing trouble
When the NXF1 gene functions properly (left), RNA molecules (orange dots) of a particular single-exon gene are exported from the nucleus (purple) into the cytoplasm; when the NXF1 is silenced (right), the RNAs are largely stuck within the nucleus

Two Roads Diverged in a Cell

28.07.2020
Systems Biology, Viruses & Microorganisms, Molecular and Cell Biology, Genetics
Cells use two separate routes to export RNA out of the nucleus
Some bacteria love the smell of sulfur in hot gases

When the Heat Is On – Turn Up the Ac(4C)

15.07.2020
Viruses & Microorganisms, Molecular and Cell Biology, Genetics
Heat-resistance tags on bacterial RNA hold clues to human diseases
Abstract image of DNA and human brain in blue tones

The Evolution Within

09.07.2020
Viruses & Microorganisms, Evolution and Development, Genetics
When fast and slow evolution happen together, the results defy the rules
The Self-Synthesizing Ribosome

The Self-Synthesizing Ribosome

20.04.2020
Chemistry, Nanoscience, Biochemistry, Genetics, Technology & Applications
This cellular factory-on-a-chip could be used to design, produce and test drugs against antibiotic resistant bacteria
Igor Ulitsky

Chasing a Link

09.01.2020
Life Sciences, Brain & Behavior, Systems Biology, Molecular and Cell Biology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Genetics
A non-coding gene’s neighbors reveal what it does for a “living.” The findings may pave the way to developing therapies for epilepsy and autism 
Eran Hornstein

Why is this Nerve Cell Different? Finding the Genetic Roots of ALS

02.01.2020
Personalized Medicine, Systems Biology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Genetics
Q & A with Prof. Eran Hornstein on discovering why mutations in a gene for a tiny non-coding RNA could herald the onset of neurodegenerative...
Rivka Dikstein

New Molecules Precisely Target Mutant Disease Gene

02.12.2019
Biochemistry, Personalized Medicine, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Genetics
These molecules may prevent only some of a crucial gene's activities without affecting others
mice

For the First Time: A Method for Measuring Animal Personality

04.11.2019
Brain & Behavior, Personalized Medicine, Systems Biology, Genetics
A study on mice shows animal research may need to take into account the connection between genes, behavior and personality  

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