Some of the most important tools in the toolbox of modern cell biologists are special chunks of DNA that act like spies, reporting on the cell’s function. The markers, known as reporte... Read more
Researchers from Drexel University reversed symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease in fruit flies by restoring the balance between two epigenetic enzymes that regulate gene expression, a study show... Read more
Our genomes help to determine who we are – the countless variations between individuals that encode the complexity of tissues and functions throughout the body. Since scientists first decode... Read more
Light can be used as an accurate method to control gene expression, shows groundbreaking optogenetics study by University of Colorado, Duke University and University of Helsinki researchers.... Read more
Scientists have discovered that a gene found in the common fruit fly can be successfully expressed in a plant and used to detoxify land contaminated with TNT. The breakthrough could pave the... Read more
Combining the two most powerful biological tools of the 21st century, scientists at the Gladstone Institutes have modified how the genome of induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) is read fo... Read more
It can generate enough stem cells to heal permanent wounds, especially those caused externally, said Hu Ping, a cell biologist Chinese scientists have claimed successfully growing muscle ste... Read more
A new gene sequencing technology known as ‘Capture Sequencing’ (CaptureSeq) allows us to explore the human genome at a much higher resolution than ever before, with revolutionary implication... Read more
ETH researchers led by Professor Martin Fussenegger have developed the first gene network to be operated via brainwaves. Depending on the user’s thoughts, it can produce various amounts of a... Read more
New research in The FASEB Journal suggests that gravitational unloading significantly impairs the function of endothelial cells, as evidenced by gene expression studies conducted in space As... Read more
As doctors and scientists continue to make huge leaps in terms of genome sequencing and scanning devices, everything about your medical treatment is going to change. As a child, you could al... Read more
The delicate machinery within life can be bent to the will of experimenters Scientists have succeeded in forming a “feedback loop” between a computer and a common yeast to... Read more
Understanding the biological basis of senescence may allow us to delay or prevent the degenerative declines long accepted as an inevitable part of getting older. The chief causes of natural... Read more
