Can Smells Make You Fat?

Olfactory and metabolic dysfunctions are intertwined phenomena associated with obesity and neurodegenerative diseases; yet how mechanistically olfaction regulates metabolic homeostasis remains unclear

Glia-to-Neuron Conversion by CRISPR-CasRx Alleviates Symptoms of Neurological Disease in Mice

Induction of neurons with dopaminergic features in PD model mice

Potential New CRISPR/Cas System with No Limits!

New study proposes two artificially modified Cas enzymes, SpG and SpRY, in which SpRY can have almost unrestricted editing activity on the entire sequence.

CRISPR Pioneer Doudna Opens Bay Area Lab to Run COVID-19 Tests

Jennifer Doudna has turned a scientific laboratory into a test area for running medical test for COVID-19

C. elegans Cell Invasion Model Helps Study of Cancer Cell Metastasis Mechanism

Cancer has become one of the serious threats to human health, and its treatment has become the focus of global medical strategy. Cancer metastasis is an important reason for its high lethality. Genera...

CRISPR-engineered T cells in patients with refractory cancer

Tumor immunotherapy brings new strategies and hope to tumor treatment. The use of immune cells for anti-tumor treatment has greatly improved the clinical treatment of tumors. Recently, Carl H. June an...

Two Conserved Epigenetic Regulators Prevent Healthy Ageing

Aging is the physiological process in which the physiological functions of the organism gradually degenerate and eventually lead to death, and it is also one of the most serious risk factors for some ...

The Great Function of HPX-2--Nematode Serotonin Peroxidase

Recently, the outbreak of corona virus in Wuhan has arose wide concern around the world.In fact, the more terrifying is fear rather than infec...

The Standards of Making Definite Diagnosis of Wuhan Novel Coronavirus Pneumonia

The novel coronavirus pneumonia outbreaks in Wuhan, China in the end of 2019 presents high infectiousness and has caused thousands of deaths. Performing nucleic acid test of COVID-19 by RT-PCR is one ...

Worm lifespan can be extended by 500 percent

The finding suggest that aging is not simply the result of one specific gene or pathway acting on its own, but rather combinations of genes or pathways interacting with each other, which may explain why no single specific gene that extends longevity in humans has been found.