The human genome contains approximately 1,600 types of transcription factors responsible for regulating gene activity across ...

A tiny percentage of our DNA—around 2%—contains 20,000-odd genes. The remaining 98%—long known as the non-coding genome, or ...

Estrogens, the main female sex hormone, although they also perform some functions in men, are involved in a myriad of ...

Alternative splicing is a genetic process where different segments of genes are removed, and the remaining pieces are joined together during transcription to messenger RNA (mRNA). This mechanism ...

Gene regulation is the process by which cells control the expression of their genes, determining when, where, and to what extent each gene is expressed. It is a fundamental mechanism that allows cells ...

Researchers have developed a new "color-coded" genetic method that makes it easy to distinguish male and female mosquitoes.

To help achieve more precise control of gene therapy, engineers have designed a new control circuit that can keep gene expression levels within a target range. The method could be used to deliver ...

What if you could flip a genetic switch to silence a gene, then turn it back on with a simple drug? For researchers, gene-switch tools offer that kind of control—and a new system called Cyclone may ...

A collaborative effort has shed valuable light on how monoamine neurotransmitters such as serotonin, dopamine, and now histamine help regulate brain physiology and behavior through chemical bonding of ...

This study merges causal genetics and network theory, revealing 32 genes linked to long COVID, offering insights for ...

Agriculture, from the outset, has been made possible by humans tweaking the genes of plants to make them grow faster, produce ...