A new approach using two types of recombinases lets scientists insert larger DNA payloads into human pluripotent stem cells faster than ever before. The researchers designed STRAIGHT-IN with human ...

Targeted therapies and immunotherapies offer new treatment options for more types of cancer, but these drugs are less helpful when tumors produce multiple copies of a gene. This gene amplification ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. The period between the 1920s and 1950s was a time of significant progress and exciting discoveries in gene therapy history and ...

How does a proto-oncogene cause cancer? In the early twentieth century, a tumor-causing virus called the Rous sarcoma virus (retrovirus) was discovered. 3 Host cell proto-oncogene (c-src) and Rous ...

DNA analysis is a crucial tool for identifying harmful pathogens, such as bacteria, viruses, or fungi, that cause infections.

The study reveals that environmental stressors do not merely kill bacteria; they can also prime surviving cells to take up ...

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