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Hold the salt: Study shows standard worm food NaCl levels accelerate aging
A new study in GENETICS has a “circuitous” origin story, according to equal investigator Brian M. Egan. When Egan showed Kerry Kornfeld his inconclusive Caenorhabditis elegans data on how varying concentrations of sodium chloride (NaCl) affect the anti-aging activity of the blood pressure drug captopril, Kornfeld noticed an unexpected difference in the controls. Since C.…
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Telomeres outside the Goldilocks zone cause problems for yeast and humans
A new study in GENETICS investigates the role of generational inheritance of long telomeres in yeast cells.
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How Drosophila can help health science labs do more with less in Brazil
In Brazil, the FlyPower group has been promoting and advocating for biomedical Drosophila research in diverse ways, and shown that fly culture can be up to seven times cheaper than mammalian cell culture.
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Near-perfect genome editing in a deadly fungus
C. neoformans researchers introduce a toolkit that simplifies CRISPR editing—with HDR rates rarely seen in fungal systems.
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A first of its kind C. elegans study uncovers the diversity and evolution of gene regulation
A new paper in GENETICS shows how multiple strains of C. elegans developed their own unique methods for controlling gene activity.
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When U.S. scientific research isn’t funded, the economy takes a hit
Our latest blog series shedding light on how members of our community are being affected by recent government funding and policy changes continues with a look into the economic impact to the United States and loss of output from decreased investment in science. Read the previous post on how the changes are impacting early career…
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Genes in context: How lifestyle and socioeconomic conditions shape the genetics of complex traits
Two new studies published in GENETICS explore how lifestyle and social context influence our understanding of complex health traits like blood pressure