Novel approach combines a T-cell “barcode” with single-cell RNA sequencing to enhance CAR T–cell therapy
Scientists at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital have developed a method that may be able to improve…
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New method facilitates identification of cell-type specific genes in single-cell data
The thousands of cells in a biological sample are all different and can be analyzed…
New sequencing technique (SENT-seq) could accelerate and improve mRNA therapies
Therapeutics based on messenger RNA, or mRNA, can potentially treat a wide range of maladies,…
Researchers develop online portal to show how biases in RNA sequences affect gene expression
A recent publication from researchers at the University of Kentucky explains the importance of identifying…
scRNA-Seq draws a a roadmap to future personalized medicine for heart defects that develop before birth
A team of investigators from Texas Heart Institute, Texas Children’s Hospital and Baylor College of…
Single-cell map of heart failure suggests possible therapeutic targets
Credit : Maria (Masha) Kost-Alimova and Michelle Melanson, Center for the Development of Therapeutics Fibroblasts,…
RNA sequencing reveals changed gene expression after heart surgery extends cardiomyocyte regeneration
While lower vertebrates can repair their adult hearts after a heart attack, mammals — including…
Amphioxus sequencing gives insight on vertebrate evolution
Vertebrate evolution was accompanied by two rounds of whole genome duplication followed by functional divergence…
Single-cell gene expression analyses of human cerebrovascular cells can help reveal new drug targets for Huntington’s disease and other neurodegenerative diseases
In vessels of people with Huntington’s disease (right image) researchers saw much higher indications of…
UCLA researcher connecting Statistics and Biology
An interdisciplinary expert in statistics and genomics, Jingyi “Jessica” Li will write the first book…