New tool to help build more reliable DNA nanostructures

Scaffolded DNA and RNA origami is a technique that allows scientists to build tiny, highly precise two- and three-dimensional ...
AOL

Scientists find hundreds of inherited DNA patterns that defy classic Mendelian genetics

For more than a century, heredity has been framed through the tidy logic of Mendel's pea plants: traits pass from parent to offspring by fixed genetic rules. But a new mouse study suggests that ...

New combined spore trapping and DNA sequencing technology tracks fungicide resistance in grain crops

Researchers at the Center for Crop and Disease Management (CCDM) have developed a new system that combines spore trapping ...
Nature

αKG-mediated carnitine synthesis drives DNA repair via histone acetylation

Homologous recombination (HR) deficiency increases sensitivity to DNA-damaging agents that are commonly used to treat cancer 1. In HR-proficient cancers, the metabolic mechanisms that drive response ...

FireANTs unlocks faster medical image matching, cutting analysis from a week to minutes

Penn Engineers have developed an open-source algorithm that combines the speed of AI with the precision of geometry to ...
InfoWorld

Meet Hades: The malware that lies to AI security agents

Researchers have uncovered a supply-chain attack that hides in Python packages, propagates like a worm, and tricks LLM-based ...
Nature

Paired DNA and RNA sequencing uncovers common and rare variation regulating human retinal gene expression

Genetic disorders impacting vision affect millions of individuals worldwide, including age-related macular degeneration (common) and inherited retinal disorders (rare). There is an incomplete ...
The New York Times

Scientists Edit Human Embryo Genes With Startling Precision

Researchers relied on a newer gene-editing technique that may make it possible to engineer embryos, a prospect that has long alarmed bioethicists. By Carl Zimmer Scientists at Columbia University have ...