The obesity rate has been steadily climbing and so have scientific efforts to understand why. A new study, published in ...

Molecular biologists have long believed that the beginning of a gene launched the process of transcription—the process by ...

Scientists at City of Hope have uncovered a gene called SMOC1 that plays a surprising role in the development of type 2 ...

Origin-recognition complex, or ORC, plays an unexpectedly broad role in the regulation of human cell gene expression, according to a study in the journal Cell Reports. This is the first detailed study ...

For decades, synthetic biologists have been developing gene circuits that can be transferred into cells for applications such ...

ElevateBio is seeking out partnerships for its lead gene therapy after the construct reduced the levels of a toxic protein in mice with Huntington’s disease by more than 80%. The therapy had no impact ...

A revolutionary gene-silencing technique has shown that a single treatment can dramatically lower LDL cholesterol levels for over a year—without permanently altering DNA. Could this be the future of ...

Researchers found that physically active mice could pass on some of the benefits to their offspring through genes ...