An international research team led by Hiroki Shibuya at RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research (BDR) in Japan has ...

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The two main approaches for discovering disease genes reveal distinct aspects of biology, a new study shows. While both ...

Although heart cells and skin cells contain identical instructions for creating proteins encoded in their DNA, they're able ...

A collaboration led by Max Delbrück Center and University of Bath has uncovered how ancient viral DNA controls a gene linked ...

We have written about the promise of gene therapy to correct genetic disease many times. An exciting development happened ...

Genes on the sex chromosomes would be expected to show different activity between men (with an X chromosome and a Y ...

The Fast-Twitch Gene You Didn't Know You Had Your DNA might be giving you an edge or could be holding you back. The ACTN3 ...

Smith, a microbiologist whose discovery revolutionize the field of genetic engineering, was a Johns Hopkins School of ...

Usually, when a small group of animals becomes isolated on an island, they lose genetic diversity. This puzzling little ...

CorrectSequence Therapeutics’ CS-121 Completed Dosing of First Chylomicronemia Patient, Demonstrating Excellent Safety and ...