Among the many marvels of life is the cell's ability to divide and thus enable organisms to grow and renew themselves. For ...

Alan Herbert, explores the understanding of genome information storage, and the significance of repetitive sequences called ...

Scientists in The Wistar Institute lab of David B. Weiner, Ph.D., have described a next-generation vaccination technology ...

Two molecular control factors play a decisive role in what is known as splicing, the cutting and assembly of mature messenger ...

A new part of an ocean plant cell has been discovered that might revolutionize farming one day. The structure can take ...

Base editing corrected a mutation that causes macular degeneration, highlighting the potential of gene therapy to treat ...

What if you could take a picture of every gene inside a living organism—not with light, but with DNA itself? Scientists at ...

R75W mutation in the gap junction β2 (GJB2) gene causes severe fragmentation of gap junction plaques, connecting adjacent ...

Over time, plants have evolved various strategies to defend against herbivores. A new study uncovers how these plant defense ...

Congenital hearing loss refers to impaired auditory function that occurs due to genetic causes. GJB2 is the gene responsible ...