As far as research subjects go, it's not always easy to find common ground with a single-celled bacterium. Yet the more Paul ...

A study by IRB Barcelona reveals that transfer RNA (tRNA) genes accumulate mutations at a frequency up to nine times higher ...

The genome has thousands of genes that code for proteins, which help carry out many of the cell's important functions. But ...

Clues to the genetic code’s origin may be hidden in tiny protein fragments, revealing a synchronized and highly structured ...

Researchers discovered that suppressing BMP signaling in astrocytes reduces seizures and restores brain balance in Fragile X syndrome models.

Cells manufacture proteins by following instructions encoded in messenger RNA, which is read in three-letter groups called ...

A study finds tRNA genes are mutation hotspots that alter protein synthesis, leading to proteome instability, contributing to ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the first-ever gene therapy for inherited deafness.

A long-standing mystery in cancer treatment is how tumor cells so often become resistant to drugs, even ones they have never encountered before.

A team of biochemists has discovered in bacteria a protein capable of building DNA without following known genetic ...

Scientists at Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute and an international team of collaborators have used a genetic sequencing technique called whole exome sequencing to discover a new ...

Regeneron has become the first company to get US approval for a gene therapy for congenital hearing loss, after the FDA gave ...