Within bacterial cells, specialized immune systems known as retrons fend off viral attacks. But that's not all they can do.

Scientists have pinpointed thousands of genetic changes in a gene that may increase a person's risk of developing breast and ...

A machine-learning method predicts whether a genetic variant is pathogenic and affects certain human tissues. The ...

Sep. 9, 2024 — Scientists developed a highly promising gene therapy to treat glaucoma -- a debilitating eye condition that can lead to complete vision loss, and which affects around 80 million ...

Welcome to the geneontology GitHub organization! The Gene Ontology (GO) knowledgebase is the world’s largest source of information on the functions of genes. This knowledge is both human-readable and ...

Scientists have discovered hundreds of genes that could potentially promote cancer, new research shows. Cancer is typically ...

To address the unmet need for a cure for RTT, the therapeutic potential of adult Neural Precursor Cells (NPCs) was ...

Scientists searching for the origins of COVID-19 zeroed in on a short list of animals that possibly helped spread it to ...

Sep. 18, 2024 — It is crucial for organisms to be able to control which genes are expressed in which cells and when. Naturally occurring chemical modifications of DNA-binding histone proteins ...