Using epigenetic data, expression profiles, gene editing, and more, researchers uncovered interactions in fat precursor cells that may explain FTO's role in obesity.
The Cas9 enzyme from S. aureus can be delivered by a viral vector and could lead to more CRISPR-based research tools and novel study designs in animal models.
Genome editing technology could give researchers the ability to knock out individual species from microbiota and turn bacteria into detectors of antibiotic resistance.
NEW YORK (GenomeWeb) – Gut microbial communities are largely stable over time, though they can be shaped by host behaviors such as diet, according to a new sequencing-based analysis appearing in Genome Biology.
An analysis by the Personalized Medicine Coalition finds that about a quarter of new drugs approved in 2019 by the US Food and Drug Administration were personalized medicines.
