The genome incorporation mechanism for LINE-1, the only autonomously active retrotransposon in humans, leverages the cell ...

A UNLV-led study found that a gene that causes myotonic dystrophy also causes autism spectrum disorder. It could help with ...

The only remaining autonomous 'jumping gene' can only attach to, and stitch a copy of itself into, DNA when it builds up into large clusters and only as cells divide.

Viruses are known to use the genetic machinery of the human cells they invade to make copies of themselves. As part of the ...

Parkinson's disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disorder in which the α-synuclein protein abnormally aggregates within brain ...

The number of people suffering from osteoarthritis is expected to top 1 billion by 2050. The biggest risk factor for the ...

Dr. Jeremy Poschmann discusses data-driven approaches in genomics, revealing how immune profiling can predict disease risk ...

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet and Uppsala University have developed a powerful new technique to better understand how ...

This is an important study utilizing innovative CRISPR based approaches demonstrating the role of the KLF family of transcription factors in the post natal maturation of cortical projection neurons.

Scientists at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have made an exciting discovery about how human cells make RNA, a ...

Key Laboratory of Gastrointestinal Cancer (Fujian Medical University), Ministry of Education, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, 350122, China ...

We are in the midst of an RNA revolution, set to change the future of medicine. However, that revolution is now in jeopardy. The Yeo lab focuses on the function and therapeutic applications of RNA, a ...