Much of the genome is made up of repetitive DNA sequences that trace back to ancient mobile elements, many of which have lost ...

Nadine and David Lipworth have devoted their lives to finding treatment that will restore the daughter they knew.

Unlike traditional proteins, its short structure allows it to act as an epigenetic modulator, potentially influencing gene ...

In cancer research, one person's junk is increasingly becoming another person's treasure. Scientists have now uncovered new evidence showing how ...

Signal transduction and gene regulation are at the heart of cell and developmental biology, driving cell fate decisions and tissue homeostasis. In cancer, ...

A new study has demonstrated that colon cancer cells may change identity to metastasize. Loss of GATA6, a transcription factor that controls which genes are turned on or off, can reprogram colorectal ...

Synonymous DNA substitutions have often been viewed as quiet changes because they do not alter the amino acid sequence of a ...

Northwestern Medicine scientists have, for the first time, described the underlying mechanisms that regulate how cells rapidly change gene expression in response to hypoxia, a key feature of many ...

Base editing in human embryos reveals that NANOG is the one gene required to form every body tissue. Cambridge’s landmark ...

A new study uses precise base editing on human embryos for the first time, proving the NANOG gene is the master switch for body development.

With “Transcription,” the writer makes a case for the vitality of the form. By Parul Sehgal Although the exact dates remain hazy, I think it is safe to say that sometime between 2009 and 2014 it ...