To date, more than 600 genes are known to cause tumors when their sequences are spoiled by a mutation. Yet there are other ...

Review highlights the growing evidence that aging is linked to reduced expression of long genes, offering insights into ...

Genes exist in most cells. Inside a cell is a long strand of the chemical DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid). A DNA sequence is a specific lineup of chemical base pairs along its strand. The part of DNA ...

We can use this technology to build a map of what’s going on in there and better understand when things are disorganized like ...

Within bacterial cells, specialized immune systems known as retrons fend off viral attacks. But that's not all they can do.

Where do new genes come from? That's the question a team of biological sciences researchers from the U of A set out to answer ...

Scientists revealed how gene regulation and chromatin control cells, improving disease treatments, including cancer and ...

Scientists have pinpointed thousands of genetic changes in a gene that may increase a person's risk of developing breast and ...

For any organism to survive and thrive, its cells must tightly control which genes are activated when, and where.

Theoretically, scientists could combine CRISPR with a gene drive to alter the genetic code of a species by attaching a desired DNA sequence onto such a favored gene before releasing the animals to ...

For decades, scientists dismissed transposable elements, also known as transposons or “jumping genes”, as useless “junk DNA”. But are they really? The early speculations of both McClintock ...

Researchers have identified thousands of genetic variants in a gene that could raise an individual’s risk of ovarian and breast cancer, opening the door to more accurate risk assessment and ...