Scientists have uncovered a powerful genetic switch that helps some of the body’s most important immune cells grow up properly and keep our organs healthy. The switch, called MafB, guides immature ...

Many biological functions are regulated by the switching on and off of mechanisms triggered by the matching of a keyhole ...

Human pluripotent stem-cells (HPSCs)—including human embryonic stem-cells and human induced pluripotent stem-cells—are reshaping the landscape of regenerative medicine.1,2 In Parkinson's disease, ...

Researchers at the Weill Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology have uncovered new evidence that two major types of gene-controlling DNA sequences, promoters and enhancers, operate with a shared ...

Durham-based Precision BioSciences, a gene-editing company, has received regulatory clearance to begin a clinical study of its potential treatment for Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), a rare ...

Neurogene received FDA Breakthrough Therapy Designation for NGN-401 in Rett Syndrome, driving a >25% share price surge. Click ...

CRISPR gene drives bias inheritance in pests, advancing population-level control while raising questions about resistance and ...

The genetic network of BTB zinc finger transcription factors and Eip93F is crucial for Kenyon cell identity regulation and neuronal function acquisition in the construction of Drosophila mushroom ...

Cigarette smoke accelerates eye aging by causing epigenetic changes that block the eye's natural repair genes.

New research suggests that super-agers generate twice as many neurons as typical older adults. But you don't have to be a ...

Researchers at the University of Liège have identified a key genetic regulator that enables macrophages to reach full ...

Researchers at the University of Basel have developed a gene therapy that could potentially treat a rare and currently fatal ...