Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Should we be concerned that gene-editing seeds will cascade into unpredictable changes?
For tens of thousands of years, evolution shaped tomatoes through natural mutations. Then, humans came along. For centuries, we've bred ...
Background mutations: Why CRISPR-edited genes have to work together with thousands of naturally-evolved genes
For tens of thousands of years, evolution shaped tomatoes through natural mutations. Then, humans came along. For centuries, we’ve bred ...
Undoing childhood cancer? Flipping ‘genetic switch’ can turn tumor cells back into normal tissue
Researchers at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) have identified a new drug target for Ewing sarcoma, a rare form of ...
Distant tomato relative the groundcherry: Genetic modification poised to rescue key orphan crop
Over 34 million people in the U.S. don’t have enough food. More diverse and adaptable crops are needed to address challenges in ...
How do dogs focus on key odors, while tuning out the rest?
“The question that we sought out to study here is, ‘how does [a] dog suppress this uninformative signal [such as] ...
Genetic tweak doubles yields of sorghum, globally important food source, in new study
Plant scientists at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) and USDA’s Agricultural Research Service (ARS), in their search for solutions to ...
CRISPR gene editing poised to streamline next ‘agricultural revolution,’ plant scientists say
As a growing population and climate change threaten food security, researchers around the world are working to overcome the challenges ...
Genetic mutation can triple sorghum grain yields—and could boost rice, corn and wheat too
A simple genetic modification can triple the grain number of sorghum, a drought-tolerant plant that is an important source of ...
Future of corn: Genetics could improve maize’s sustainability and productivity
A new, much more detailed reference genome for maize, or corn, as it is called in the U.S., [was] published ...
Gene editing could boost tomato yields by speeding fruit ripening
Using a simple and powerful genetic method to tweak genes native to two popular varieties of tomato plants, a team ...
What’s the next frontier of genome sequencing?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Genomics has recently celebrated ...
Does harder living translate to shorter lifespans?
A common belief among human life history researchers is that "harsher" environments - i.e., those with higher mortality rates and ...
Computational genetics identifies disease-causing mutations
With 3 billion letters in the human genome, it seems hard to believe that adding a DNA base here or removing ...
Genetic defect in tomatoes tweaked to increase yields, fruitiness in canned varieties
Teasing out the hidden subtleties of a type of hybrid vigor involving just one gene has provided scientists at Cold Springs ...