In a study published in Nature Structural and Molecular Biology, scientists from the Department of Medical Biochemistry and ...

Jumbo phages utilize a complex protein import system, with Imp1 as a key gatekeeper, to transport proteins into their ...

Here are some symptoms to watch out for as they can be an indication towards poor kidney function. When the kidneys fail to excrete excess water, it accumulates in the body, causing swelling in the ...

A team led by University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health geneticists has shown, for the first time, that a gene ...

From understanding hereditary diseases to predicting drug responses, sequencing helps researchers uncover the subtle language ...

Scientists at EMBL and DKFZ have discovered how cells in the liver maintain their identity and avoid becoming tumour cells ...

What makes the human brain unique? A Yale study unlocks new insights into genetic changes that shaped our evolution.

Researchers find a master epigenetic switch that activates silenced genes to compensate for their missing counterparts in a ...

In human cells, only a small proportion of the information written in genes is used to produce proteins. How does the cell ...

Cigarette smoke causes cancer primarily by damaging the DNA. A new study that mapped these damages has revealed that the way ...

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 ...