This image illustrates the process of gene transcription within a cell. The DNA double helix unwinds to expose a specific sequence, allowing RNA polymerase to synthesize a complementary pre-mRNA ...

Could yeast and humans be any more different? Going by looks alone, probably not. But peering into our genomes reveals ...

FMI researchers have uncovered new clues about how cells decide what type of cell to become — whether muscle, neurons, or something else entirely. By ...

Northwestern Medicine scientists have discovered how a specific transcription factor promotes genetic reprogramming and ...

Sorghum bicolor is a deep-rooted, heat- and drought-tolerant crop that thrives on marginal lands and is increasingly valued ...

MIT researchers discovered that the genome’s 3D structure doesn’t vanish during cell division as previously thought. Instead, ...

Pancreas development in pigs resembles humans much more closely than does the established mouse model. An international team ...

Brains with chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) show DNA damage similar to Alzheimer’s. Study links genetic stress to ...

Ants have evolved an acute sense of smell, which requires each sensory neuron to choose one scent receptor out of hundreds.