Transposons, DNA sequences that can self-replicate and move (jump) throughout the genome, are widespread and can affect cell ...

A new way of managing harmful blood fats is emerging in the form of novel gene-editing treatments designed to inactivate or suppress key liver genes involved in regulating cholesterol levels ...

We've been looking at nature the wrong way, argues Rowan Hooper. If we stop focusing on the individual, we get a whole new ...

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Genome-wide association studies have linked thousands of genetic variants to disease, yet most remain disconnected from drug-relevant biology. Neville Sanjana, Professor at New York University and ...

WHAT IS THE HUMAN GENOME AND WHY DO WE NEED TO SEQUENCE IT? The Human Genome project is one of the most ambitious and challenging quests ever undertaken by science. Its goal is to completely map and ...

GALLE– A pioneering scientific study conducted by an international team of Sri Lankan and Japanese researchers has delivered a wake-up call regarding the deteriorating health of urban rivers in the ...

Racura believes its reworked cancer-fighting and cardio-protective agent bisantrene will be a catalyst to push share prices ...

How do antimetabolite cancer drugs damage the genetic material of malignantly transformed cells and thereby destroy them? How might these drugs be used more precisely, particularly in the treatment of ...

Roughly 14,000 feet beneath the surface of the eastern Pacific, where sunlight has long since given way to permanent darkness ...