Yeast study suggests faulty proofreading is not to blame for link between cancer and DNA polymerase ε variants. Accurate DNA replication is a matter of...
Cancer GeneticsFundamental ResearchG3 JournalHuman DiseaseYeast
In 1983, the median lifespan for people born with Down syndrome in the US was only 25 years. Today, due to better treatments for some...
Rhinocladiella mackenziei is a fungus that infects the human brain. It is the most common cause of neurological fungal infections in arid regions of the...
BioinformaticsFungiG3 JournalGenomicsHuman DiseaseRare DiseasesSequencing
There’s no doubt that an extra copy of chromosome 21 is what causes Down syndrome. There’s a lot of doubt, however, over which particular gene—or...
CaenorhabditisChromosomesG3 JournalHuman DiseaseNeuroscience
Yeast and zebrafish are among the lab organisms being recruited to the search for rare disease cures. Rare diseases are not so rare. About 300...
Beer, doughnuts, and genetics textbooks have one thing in common: they were all made possible by collaborations between humans and yeast. Our fungal ally Saccharomyces...
Fundamental ResearchG3 JournalHuman DiseaseImmune SystemInsectsModel OrganismsYeast
The Genetics Society of America (GSA) is pleased to announce that Philip Hieter is the recipient of the 2018 George W. Beadle Award, bestowed in...
Awards & PrizesData & DatabasesGSA AwardsHuman DiseaseModel Organism DatabasesModel OrganismsRare Diseases
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Mutations that disrupt the gene BRCA2 dramatically increase the odds of developing breast and ovarian cancer—but such mutations aren’t enough to cause cancer on their...
Fundamental ResearchGenetics JournalGenome IntegrityHuman Disease
The prolonged and severe seizures suffered by those with pyridoxine-dependent epilepsy (PDE) can lead to brain dysfunction and death if not treated. Standard antiepileptic drugs...
Fundamental ResearchGenetics JournalHuman DiseaseRare DiseasesZebrafish
Guest post contributed by members of the GSA Early Career Scientist Communications and Outreach Subcommittee. In their bitter war with crop pests, farmers have two...
