Researchers have found a way we can find the best parent candidates for crop breeding to improve yield. There are currently more than 1,700 gene banks in the world, housing the genetic materials of...
The discovery of the specific functions of different genes in alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, some of which are also present in plants, could allow for the advancement in technologies for engineering...
As the world continues to grapple with the evolving variants of the COVID-19 virus, our ability to identify mutations accurately and speedily to develop the vaccines will determine how long the...
After six years, the KKH has met the goals set out in its BRIDGES programme, achieving 39 percent in diagnostic yield through identifying more patients with genetic mutations. This result is on par...
As a technology, gene editing has demonstrated myriad benefits for the medical industry over the years. Gene editing has tremendous potential in the treatment of inherited diseases, generation of...
A team of researchers from A*STAR have identified a mutated gene which causes severe brain and spinal congenital birth defects in humans, providing a much-needed genetic framework for understanding...
Diabetes is a fast-growing epidemic in Asia. With more than 60 percent of people with diabetes in the world living in Asia, it is a public health concern as the number of diabetes cases increases...
Researchers from the Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University (FAFU) and the Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG) publish insights to fig-wasp co-evolution through comparative analyses of...
Study reveals new relationship between genetic variant in an RNA helicase that could explain the predisposition to sporadic neuroblastoma within the Chinese population. Neuroblastoma is the most...
Collaboration between doctors at KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital and geneticists at the Institute of Medical Biology (IMB) of A*STAR led to the diagnosis of the world’s first case of Jamuar...
A study has revealed that COVID-19 has an infection mechanism same as that of SARS, despite their considerable differences in genetic sequence. "To understand the origin of and its genetic...
Researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, demonstrate a new mechanism of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) pathogenesis. The study published online...