Shinghua Ding, Professor, Mizzou's College of Engineering This ... forward in understanding rare genetic diseases and how disruptions in cellular energy metabolism can affect nerve health. It also ...

A University of Missouri-led discovery could pave the way for improved diagnosis and treatment of unexplained movement ...

An international research team, led by Shinghua Ding at the University of Missouri, has identified a previously unknown ...

An international research team led by Hiroki Shibuya at RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research (BDR) in Japan has ...

Researchers have developed an improved method of gene editing that is precise, more efficient than other similar methods and ...

Some genetic disorders—such as cystic fibrosis, hemophilia and Tay Sachs disease—involve many mutations in a person's genome, ...

Controlling the state of a cell in a desired direction is one of the central challenges in life sciences, including drug development, cancer treatment, and regenerative medicine.

“Our work is the first to directly test how chromosome structure affects bacterial growth, survival, and ability to cause ...

Researchers have understood for decades that some forms of deafness are inherited, yet until now, few of those genetic clues ...

Should we genetically modify wild lions? Of course not, might be your instant response. But what if lions were being wiped out by a devastating disease introduced by people? What if the genetic change ...

Biologist Charles Darwin began crafting his theory of evolution on a trip to the Galapagos Islands, where he discovered animals had developed unique traits that varied from island to island. Nearly ...

Genetic engineering is a key technology for boosting agricultural yields. However, it still has a bad reputation. Sandro Marcos denies choosing Bojie Dy, says parties met for 'plenty of weeks' ...