Using genomic and transcriptional data has greatly improved the understanding of multiple aspects of human physiology. A new paper in PNAS reports on molecular-level associations of co-occurring ...

Neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer's disease (AD), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal dementia ...

This story is part of a series on the current progression in Regenerative Medicine. In 1999, I defined regenerative medicine as the collection of interventions that restore tissues and organs damaged ...

Scientists have uncovered a surprising mechanism by which a brain enzyme called OTULIN controls the expression of tau, the ...

When a gene is expressed, its DNA sequence is transcribed into a molecule known as RNA. Then the cell processes and edits ...

Discover the four common traits found in heart surgery patients as explained by Dr. Jeremy London, a seasoned cardiovascular ...

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 ...

“This suggests that longer-lived species may have evolved molecular programs that optimize splicing for longevity, allowing ...

For decades, biologists treated DNA as a static string of letters, a linear code that cells read like text on a page. A new ...

New study links the APOE gene to increased delirium risk, independent of dementia, highlighting genetic factors in cognitive ...