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Scientists Established New Canine Mutant Model to Mimic Human Cerebrovascular Disease
A research group led by Dr. Zhang Yongqing from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology (IGDB) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences reported the ApoE knockout dogs showed severe arteriosclerosis, faithfully mimicking human cerebrovascular disease.
24 Sep 2021
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NeuroRegen Scaffold Transplantation Brings Hope for Spinal Cord Injury Patients
A joint research confirmed the safety and preliminary effective of NeuroRegen Scaffold transplantation for spinal cord injury repair.
08 Sep 2021
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Mice without Gut Bacteria Have Better Abilities to Dispose Glucose – New Study in Nature communications Suggests Why
A recent study by Prof. John Speakman’s lab at the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology (IGDB), Chinese Academy of Sciences, shed a new light on the important role of gut-brown adipose tissue axis in regulating glucose metabolism
20 Aug 2021
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Researchers Reveal Metabolic Root of Zika Virus induced Microcephaly and Possible Treatment
Researchers from Tsinghua University, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology of Chinese Academy of Sciences and National Center for Protein Sciences found supplementation of NAD+ or its precursors can alleviate Zika virus (ZIKV) induced neuronal death and brought a potential therapeutic strategy to newborns suffering from ZIKV-infection.
13 Aug 2021
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The Memory of Neuronal Mitochondrial Stress is Passed on to Their Descendants
Dr. TIAN Ye's group from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, revealed that neuronal mitochondrial stress can be sensed and reacted to by the mitochondria in the germline to potentially promote the maternal inheritance of elevated mtDNA levels across many generations in a Wnt signaling-dependent m...
03 Aug 2021
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Nuclear Factor Y Subunit GmNFYA Facilitates Histone Acetylation for Salt Tolerance in Soybean
Prof ZHANG Jinsong’s team from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), discovered that a nuclear factor Y subunit GmNFYA can modify histone acetylation and activate stress-responsive genes for salt tolerance in soybean.
21 Jul 2021
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Researchers Reveal the Essential Role of R-loops in Maize Centromere
Dr. HAN Fangpu's group from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences reports the genome-wide mapping of R-loops in maize.
15 Jul 2021
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Researchers Reveal an Epigenetic Mechanism That Helps Plants to Live under High Temperatures
Recently, a research team led by Dr. JIANG Danhua from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology (IGDB) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences investigated how the model plant Arabidopsis adjusts its growth under high temperatures and discovered a chromatin and transcription-based mechanism in thermomorphogenesis.
15 Jul 2021
