Turning genes on and off is like flipping a light switch, controlling whether genes in a cell are active. When a gene is turned on, the production of proteins or other substances is promoted; when ...

Researchers at Texas A&M’s Health Science Center have developed a photo-inducible binary interaction tool, or PhoBIT, system ...

A new tool greatly improves scientists’ ability to identify and study proteins that regulate gene activity in cells, ...

Scientists built a complete wheat gene map showing how different genes control plant growth and stress response.

A study uncovers a cardiotoxic gene marker in cancer survivors linked to heart disease risk. Find out more about the results.

New work shows that physical folding of the genome to control genes located far away may have been an early evolutionary ...

A new randomized study finds that a lab test that reads tumor genes can identify which patients with recurrent prostate ...

Long before plants and algae, cyanobacteria were already performing photosynthesis—filling Earth's skies with oxygen and ...

Scientists at City of Hope have uncovered a gene called SMOC1 that plays a surprising role in the development of type 2 ...

A study led by Vincenzo Condello and Christofer Juhlin, has been published in Endocrine Pathology. The researchers explored ...