Researchers identify DNA regions that regulate gene expression

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital scientists have developed an integrated, high-throughput system to better...

525-million-year-old fossil contradicts theory of brain evolution

According to a new study, fossils of a tiny sea creature with a delicately preserved nervous system solve a...

Million years old fossil defies textbook explanation

According to a new study, fossils of a tiny sea creature with a delicately preserved nervous system solve a...

Discovery suggests new way to target mantle cell lymphoma

A form of blood cancer known as mantle cell lymphoma is critically dependent on a protein that coordinates gene...

Study: Age often plays bigger role than genetics

Washington [US], October 8 (ANI): Our genetics, the environment and our age all play important roles in our health,...

Chromatin topology maps identify DNA association with retina cell

Maryland [US], October 7 (ANI): The arrangement of human retinal cell chromatin, the fibres that wrap 3 billion...

Immunologic defect may leave vulnerable to bacterial infection

Washington [US], October 4 (ANI): The bacterium that causes tuberculosis has a cousin you've never heard of: MAC....

Some people may be susceptible to uncommon bacterial illness

California [US], October 4 (ANI): Everybody occasionally breathes in Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) bacteria, yet...

New approach advances for regulation of gene activity

Houston [Texas], July 2 (ANI): According to research, DNA methylation in bacteria regulates virulence, reproduction,...

Research reveals tadpoles develop into frogs, vision changes

Toronto [Canada], June 29 (ANI): Tadpoles have a good underwater vision, but what happens when they develop into...

Changed gene expression after heart surgery extends cardiomyocyte

Washington [US], June 26 (ANI): A new study at the University of Alabama suggests that while lower vertebrates can...

Scientists unravel mystery of genes vital for brain development

Washington [US], June 18 (ANI): Scientists are starting to understand the precise workings of a type of gene that,...