A new mega-database of half a million mutations may flag new ways of treating genetic disease, scientists say.

People genetically susceptible to Huntington's disease often see their movement, mood, and cognition decline slowly over time ...

A research team at KAIST has identified the core gene expression networks regulated by key proteins that fundamentally drive phenomena such as cancer development, metastasis, tissue differentiation ...

Scientists from Delft, Vienna, and Lausanne discovered that the protein machines that shape our DNA can switch direction.

A research team at KAIST has identified the core gene expression networks regulated by key proteins that fundamentally drive phenomena such as cancer development, metastasis, tissue differentiation ...

The new finding is published in Cell in an article titled, “ SMC motor proteins extrude DNA asymmetrically and can switch directions ,” and is key to understanding how these motors shape our genome ...

Scientists have discovered that the protein machines that shape our DNA can switch direction. Until now, researchers believed that these so-called SMC motors that make loops into DNA could move in one ...

Key Genes Linked to DNA Damage and Human Disease Uncovered ... used as a research tool due to its ability to synthesize proteins -- to conduct ... Scientists Develop New Biocontainment Method ...

Researchers at Tufts University revealed a possible molecular mechanism explaining how the DNA repeats are broken and then expanded in the Huntington’s disease gene, pointing to a component of the ...

People genetically susceptible to Huntington's disease often see their movement, mood, and cognition decline slowly over time.

Studies of living participants and postmortem brains confirm that gene expansion is a promising target for HD prevention ...

We know fiber is essential to a healthy and nutritious diet, yet only 7% of Americans eat the recommended daily amount.