An analysis of mitochondrial genomes from nearly 60,000 people shows where selection has removed deleterious genetic variants from the population, revealing which mtDNA sites are most important ...

Suzhou Ribo Life Sciences (Ribo) is a drug development company that develops nucleic acid drugs and related products based on the RNA interference (RNAi) technology. The company’s pipeline products ...

AZD-0780 is under clinical development by AstraZeneca and currently in Phase I for Familial Hypercholesterolemia (Type II Hyperlipoproteinemia). According to GlobalData, Phase I drugs for Familial ...

Dec. 19, 2024 — Parasites that cause the deadly illness known as sleeping sickness can spread beyond their native Africa as a result of mutations to key genes, a study ...

Evolutionary genetics is the study of how genetic variation leads to evolutionary change. It includes topics such as the evolution of genome structure, the genetic basis of speciation and ...

Dec. 23, 2024 — A new gene editing tool that helps cellular machinery skip parts of genes responsible for diseases has been applied to reduce the formation of amyloid-beta plaque precursors in a ...