New technique reveals how gene transcription is coordinated in cells By capturing short-lived RNA molecules, scientists can map relationships between genes and the regulatory elements that control ...

Genetic studies of diseases map segments of the genome driving disease. But to understand how those changes contribute to disease progression, it is important to understand how they may alter gene ...

The human genome contains about 23,000 genes, but only a fraction of those genes are turned on inside a cell at any given time. The complex network of regulatory elements that controls gene expression ...

Researchers with Texas A&M’s Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences are working to create a genetic map that could explain the origins and causes ...

For decades, geneticists have known that most common illnesses are not caused by a single rogue gene but by intricate constellations of DNA variants acting together in specific cells. Now a new ...

Climate change tests the resilience of farmers and their crops. To better understand how plants respond to their dynamic environments, scientists magnify the complex biological conversations between ...

New gene editing techniques, like adenine base editing and prime editing, are creating new possibilities for treating dilated cardiomyopathy, a heart condition affecting about 1 in 250 people ...

The malignant pediatric brain tumor medulloblastoma is driven by proteins deep within the cancer cells, for which there are often no effective drugs available. Researchers at Uppsala University have ...