A better understanding of protein glycosylation offers insights into disease mechanisms and helps improve therapeutic medicines.

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Recent research has uncovered a fascinating mechanism in the nematode worm C. elegans that could have profound implications ...

Research from UChicago dissects how a single genetic switch helps butterflies mimic wing patterns of other species to protect ...

One of the biggest challenges in cancer treatment is chemoresistance: Tumors that initially respond well to chemotherapy ...

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New research from the University of Wisconsin–Madison reveals that dysfunction in a protein essential to maintaining ...

Researchers used cryo-EM to study how the HIV enzyme integrase arranges in 3D to slip its DNA into the host genome and pack ...

One hundred years after the heroic journey to Nome, scientists reveal how Balto's DNA explains his incredible endurance and ...

ETH Zurich scientists have created “MetaGraph,” a revolutionary DNA search engine that functions like Google for genetic data. By compressing global genomic datasets by a factor of 300, it allows ...

The distinctive colored fur of two of Australia's rarest marsupials could be caused by "broken" pigment genes, new research ...