A new method to decode how DNA 'switches' control gene activity

DNA is the blueprint of life. Genes encode proteins and serve as the body's basic components. However, building a functioning ...
Miami University

A85 - Documenting Student Learning of Basic Concepts in Gene Expression

Mentor: Joyce Fernandes, Ph.D. Having taken the 200-level course, Introduction to Cell Biology, three students worked with the instructor the following semester to assist with review sessions. The ...
GEN

Genetic “Dimmer Switch” Offers Precise Gene Expression Control

Scientists at the MRC Laboratory of Medical Sciences (LMS) have discovered a DNA-based “dimmer switch” that regulates the activity of a critical developmental gene, Cdx2. This work could pave the way ...
KPBS

Is aging caused by gene expression or mutations? The answer is key to treatment

What do your genes have to do with growing old? Quite a lot. But is it due to the actual DNA, or the way those genes are expressed? KPBS sci-tech reporter Thomas Fudge has more on new research that ...