DNA methylation is a key epigenome component that helps dictate how genes are expressed, contributing to normal cell and tissue differentiation during development, as well as the process of biological ...

A research team led by Prof. Hsing I-Ming, Professor of the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering (CBE) at The ...

A routine experiment with a new single-cell DNA sequencing method turned into a surprising scientific twist when researchers ...

Modern biology is awash in data. Scientists can sequence DNA, track gene activity cell-by-cell, map proteins in space, and image tissues at microscopic resolution. However, it is a struggle to put all ...

The human genome contains around 20,000 genes that hold instructions for making working proteins, as most genetic databases ...

The two main approaches for discovering disease genes reveal distinct aspects of biology, a new study shows. While both methods are widely used, the research found that they identify different genes, ...

When scientist J. Craig Venter and his team announced in 2010 that they had created the first cell controlled by a fully ...

A study published in the journal Cell marks the first reported instance of generative AI designing synthetic molecules that can successfully control gene expression in healthy mammalian cells.

DNA and RNA methylation, initially thought to operate as distinct pathways, have been shown to interact closely, shifting our understanding of gene regulation. A team of researchers from the ...

The pond at Oxford University Parks is not much to look at. It is a small, artificial freshwater basin on the edge of campus, ...

Evolution seems to follow a script more often than expected. Researchers found that distantly related butterflies and moths ...