In a groundbreaking study using Merino sheep, researchers uncovered that tiny genetic variations within gut microbes can ...

Mexican scientists call for regulations to distinguish between gene-edited and genetically modified (GM) crops.

A team led by UC Davis poultry scientist Huaijun Zhou has created the first comprehensive map of gene regulation in breeds of chickens. The map could be a resource for finding resistance to H5N1 ...

Molecular biologists have long believed that the beginning of a gene launched the process of transcription—the process by which a segment of DNA is copied into RNA and then RNA helps make the proteins ...

Guillaume Andrey, UNIGE I've been interested in the genetic mechanisms of development since the beginning of my career. During a post-doctorate in Berlin, I started working on genetic switches which, ...

Scientists have now discovered why a mutation in a gene called TET2 is often implicated in disorders including diabetes, heart disease, stroke, inflammatory diseases, and certain types of cancer. This ...

Recent studies — including molecular investigations of sperm and large IVF cohort analyses — indicate that as men age, their sperm accumulate DNA damage, mutations, and epigenetic changes. These ...

Researchers are adding new evidence to the emerging concept that 'silent' or synonymous mutations may have crucial consequences. Their study showed how a synonymous mutation in one gene can ...

Fourteen million people worldwide suffer from enlarged hearts, or hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), a genetic disease that thickens the heart's walls, making it harder for the organ to pump blood - ...