In the field of cancer research, bioinformatics plays a pivotal role in dissecting the intricate molecular interactions that dictate cancer development and ...

Researchers have discovered new regions of the human genome particularly vulnerable to mutations. These altered stretches of DNA can be passed down to ...

National Institute of Technology—Wakayama College (NITW; Japan), and Shimane University (Japan) present the largest ...

Cellular traffic jams inside a fruit fly embryo might sound like a minor detail, but new work suggests they help flip a ...

Although existing CRISPR-Cas-based imaging methods can target endogenous genomic sequences, their applications are limited by system complexity and sensitivity, particularly when imaging ...

Evo’s success wasn’t limited to proteins. When they tested a different toxin that had an RNA-based inhibitor, the system ...

Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) have emerged as key regulators of genome organization and gene activity, influencing how genes are switched on and off during brain development. Among them, Evf2 plays a ...

The gene editing tool known as CRISPR-Cas9 is changing what’s possible for treating a wide range of diseases caused by ...

Chromosome compartment analysis of a cancer cell line cohort reveals different subsets of compartment changes where some track epithelial to mesenchymal transition while others reflect secondary ...

The 55th Lewis S. Rosenstiel Award for Distinguished Work in Basic Medical Research has been awarded to professor Steven Henikoff of Fred Hutch Cancer Center in Seattle, Washington, for his work on ...

Robertsonian chromosomes (ROB) are a type of structurally variant chromosome that is created when two chromosomes fuse together to form an unusual bond. Found commonly in nature, these chromosomes are ...