Much of the phenotypic variation that is observed within and between species is the result of differences in gene regulation: specifically when, where and how much the genes are expressed. Given the ...

Research shows hair follicle aging begins in your 30s, driven by inflammation-linked gene activity detectable years before ...

Estrogen is known as an important hormone, and it can control many functions by regulating the activity of hundreds of genes.

Northwestern Medicine scientists have discovered how molecular "traffic controllers" in cells influence aging and cellular ...

New method ASPEN accurately maps gene activity from each parent in individual cells, overcoming noise in data. It revealed ...

SMRTS, a smart mRNA system, enables cell‑selective gene expression, expanding the mRNA toolbox for precision cancer therapies.

It's a common storytelling trope: the stubborn foe who is eventually revealed to be a much-needed friend. Biology has its own ...

Epigenetics is the study of various heritable alterations that control gene expression without changing the DNA sequence. 1 The name epigenetics comes from the Greek prefix “epi”, which means on top ...

A multi-omics study identifies causal genes and biological subtypes of long COVID, revealing new therapeutic targets for ...

This study presents SynaptoGen, a differentiable extension of connectome models that links gene expression, protein-protein interaction probabilities, synaptic multiplicity, and synaptic weights, and ...

A U.S. research team has confirmed in a mouse study that suppressing a specific gene in the brain can boost attention. This ...