Human genes that encode proteins often contain non-coding segments known as introns. Removing introns is crucial for the ...

Accumulation of fat molecules is detrimental to the cell. Researchers from the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National ...

Markita Landry is the first to admit that the two applications her research addresses – imaging brain chemistry and delivering genetic material into plants – are rather divergent.

A new UCLA Health study has discovered in mouse models that genes associated with repairing mismatched DNA are critical in eliciting damages to neurons that are most vulnerable in Huntington's disease ...

Researchers have discovered a new mechanism that is used by a male sex hormone essential for muscle and bone function. The ...

Scientists have discovered that some tiny segments of RNA thought to be junk instead have a functional role in suppressing production of certain messenger RNAs and appear to help cells respond to ...

A new study has discovered in mouse models that genes associated with repairing mismatched DNA are critical in eliciting damages to neurons that are most vulnerable in Huntington's disease and ...

Caltech researchers demonstrated a new method to use light to control active matter—a kind of material made up of individual ...

HER2-positive (HER2+) breast cancer treatments come with a range of unpleasant side effects. However, there are strategies ...