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Waggoner Center Wins Grant to Develop Drug to Treat Addiction
Researchers have received a $3.3 million to develop medication to treat alcoholism and drug addiction that could target individual genes or brain signaling systems.
Seed Size Is Controlled by Maternally Produced Small RNAs, Scientists Find
New findings could enable scientists to develop biotechnological tools for improving seed production and crop yield.
Before She is a Mother: Q&A with Pediatric Geneticist Huiping Zhu
Zhu and her colleagues are investigating the risk factors for the development of neural tube defects.
Sodium Channels Evolved Before Animals’ Nervous Systems, Research Shows
An essential component of animal nervous systems—sodium channels—evolved prior to the evolution of those systems, researchers from The University of Texas at Austin have discovered.
Office Hours: Tanya Paull
We sat down with Tanya Paull to learn more about her research and its relation to tumor development.
Placing Landmarks on the Genome Map
Vishy Iyer and colleagues use the power of the Ranger supercomputer and next-gen sequencers to study role of heredity in gene transcription.You Are What Your Father Ate
Environmental influences experienced by a father can be passed down to the next generation, “reprogramming” how genes function in offspring, scientists at The University of Texas at Austin and the University of Massachusetts Medical School (UMMS) have discovered.
Scientists Reveal Criminal Virus Spreaders Using Evolutionary Forensics
The source of HIV infection in two separate criminal cases in which men were convicted of intentionally infecting their female sexual partners was confirmed by David Hillis and colleagues using evolutionary forensics.
Improving Cotton the Goal of $3.8 Million Grant to Plant Geneticist
Jeff Chen will use next-generation DNA sequencing technologies to study the genomics of fiber production in cotton with a $3.8 million grant from the NSF.
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