Scientists have discovered hundreds of genes that could potentially promote cancer, new research shows. Cancer is typically ...

Our world today is populated by multicellular organisms, from big trees to climate-wrecking humans. This multicellularity ...

A new experimental method allows researchers to dissect how certain proteins, called pioneer factors, can bind to selective ...

One of the most fascinating discoveries in biology is that cells have mechanisms for dynamically regulating genetic ...

Zhijian “James” Chen received this year’s Albert Lasker Award for discovering cGAS, an enzyme which scopes out DNA-based ...

In multicellular organisms, transcriptional regulation allows for specialization, such that cells carrying the same genetic ...

RNA modulates transcription factor binding to DNA, though the subsequent effect on transcription remains unclear. The study ...

Primary central nervous system (CNS) vasculitis is a rare, frequently misdiagnosed condition that affects the brain and ...

We can use this technology to build a map of what’s going on in there and better understand when things are disorganized like ...

Astrocytes in the brain exhibit significant regional diversity, but the mechanisms controlling their heterogeneity remain ...

This ability to promote or restrict the transcription of specific genes without altering the DNA sequences themselves is essential to all forms of life, from single-cell organisms to the most complex ...

Researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine have used artificial intelligence to identify drug targets based on mapping regulatory networks in patient tumors.