New research has investigated the mechanism by which bivalency functions to poise genes for expression during cell differentiation, providing insight into a long-standing paradigm in the regulation of ...

UC Santa Cruz genomics experts gained new insights into the campus's endearingly eccentric mascot — and overcame the unique ...

Scientists published a full genetic sequence of the genes that make some white campions male, and hope their work could ...

Could a novel approach to genetic studies give us a clearer picture of how evolutionary adaptations occur? That's what the ...

Three patients with spinal muscular atrophy had improved muscle strength and could walk farther after a month of daily spinal stimulation.

It took more than 50 years for Marthe Gautier to set the record straight about her discovery of the genetic cause of Down ...

In real life, mutants can arise when their DNA changes to give them an advantage over the rest of the population. A team from the University of Michigan has used simulations on the Pittsburgh ...

How do bacteria - harmless ones living in our bodies, or those that cause disease - organize their activities? A new study, combining powerful genomic-scale microscopy with a technical innovation, ...

This engineered genome will help experts tailor organisms to fit the needs of their ever-changing environments.

"We have discovered a molecular switch that can revert the fate of cancer cells," said biologist Kwang-Hyun Cho.