In a study of human immune cells infected with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, scientists at Johns Hopkins Medicine say a ...

Every day, our bodies perform around 330 billion cell divisions to keep us alive and functioning. These divisions rely on the ...

The herpes virus that commonly causes cold sores affects how tightly coiled our DNA is and makes it shrink, all to help ...

Gene transcription is a fundamental biological process that involves copying the genetic information stored in a specific segment of DNA into a complementary RNA molecule. This process is the first ...

Investigating how mutations in tumors alter DNA’s 3D structure—and subsequently, regulatory sequences called enhancers—can ...

Synthetic gene helps explain the mysteries of transcription across species Date: March 6, 2024 Source: NYU Langone Health / NYU Grossman School of Medicine ...

In diseases due to exposure to toxic particles like gout, macrophages elicit separate pathways for inflammation and lysosomal ...

Prime editing is an advanced gene editing technology that enables precise DNA corrections without introducing double-stranded breaks, significantly reducing off-target effects. This innovation holds ...