Many diseases are caused by a missing or defective copy of a single gene. For decades, scientists have been working on gene ...

Hathway’s technology uses natural epigenetic processes to dial gene activity up or down, rather than rewriting the genetic code. The company is using this to develop therapies for rare diseases and ...

Bacterial secondary metabolites represent a vast arsenal of bioactive compounds with the potential to combat antimicrobial ...

This important study shows that nutrient stress emanating from the microenvironment induces metabolic vulnerabilities in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC). Using a combination of cell-based and ...

As US President Donald Trump takes aim at the Smithsonian Institution for "anti-American ideology", Adam Rutherford examines ...

The industrially ravaged Gowanus Canal, long regarded as a symbol of urban environmental neglect, is being reimagined through ...

The findings suggest that lipid metabolism may play a central role in maintaining a healthy immune system as we age. The researchers analyzed gene and protein expression, along with lipid profiles, in ...

Stratingh Institute for Chemistry, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 7, Groningen 9747 AG, The Netherlands Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 4, Groningen ...

In the fruit fly, this transcription factor, named Traffic Jam, activates a non-coding piRNA gene named Flamenco to ... Traffic Jam activates the Flamenco piRNA cluster locus and the Piwi pathway ...

Researchers claimed that new gene clusters, which produce excess hydrogen ... Sawabe noted that these traits suggest formate metabolism is key to hydrogen production in some Vibrionaceae species.