All the cells in an organism have the exact same genetic sequence. What differs across cell types is their ...

With a new study in the journal Cell, researchers at Stanford University and Stockholm University have contributed to ...

Much of the phenotypic variation that is observed within and between species is the result of differences in gene regulation: specifically when, where and how much the genes are expressed. Given the ...

A study reveals how the essential red blood cell transcription factor KLF1 recognizes DNA. Using precise measurements in test ...

Epigenetics is the study of various heritable alterations that control gene expression without changing the DNA sequence. 1 The name epigenetics comes from the Greek prefix “epi”, which means on top ...

Cells are regularly faced with environmental stresses that may damage or destroy them. To survive, they quickly adjust their ...

A Yale research team has created a new imaging technique that reveals the hidden connections between aging, disease, and ...

A molecular switch in breast cancer cells reprograms the genetic production line towards tumor growth and stress resistance.

The goal of gene therapy for patients with hemophilia A is to safely impart long-term stable factor VIII expression that predictably ameliorates bleeding with the use of the lowest possible vector ...

Recent research takes aim at the a variant in gene SCN1B, which causes a severe form of developmental epileptic encephalopathy. Dravet syndrome and other developmental epileptic encephalopathies are ...