It's a common storytelling trope: the stubborn foe who is eventually revealed to be a much-needed friend. Biology has its own ...

Agriculture, from the outset, has been made possible by humans tweaking the genes of plants to make them grow faster, produce ...

AI maps fleeting DNA quadruplexes, revealing paired structures that control genes in healthy cells and cancer.

An international team, including researchers from HSE University, has created the first comprehensive map of ...

The human genome contains approximately 1,600 types of transcription factors responsible for regulating gene activity across ...

Jeff Jarrett thinks one WWE Producer is enough of a "student of the game," to earn the moniker "The Modern-Day Mean Gene." ...

Structures long blamed for blocking genes actually help them turn on, according to the Cornell Chronicle. Cornell scientists found that nucleosomes — the spools that package DNA — relieve twisting ...

These sequences are extremely prone to mutations and rank among the most functionally important regions in the entire human ...

Scientists mapped hidden DNA switches in brain support cells to understand how gene control may influence Alzheimer’s disease ...

Researchers uncover how the fruitless gene steers brain development and social feeding behavior in male honeybees.