Researchers at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory found that Dicer, an ancient RNA-cutting protein shared by humans and yeast, ...
Discover how ant queens of Messor ibericus produce drones of two species, revealing unique reproductive strategies and cloning phenomena.
Although heart cells and skin cells contain identical instructions for creating proteins encoded in their DNA, they're able ...
Chemists at the National University of Singapore (NUS) have found a new use for deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), not just as ...
The global crisis of diminishing biological diversity is challenging our current ability to monitor changes in ecosystems.
Michael Buck, PhD, professor of biochemistry in the Jacobs School, recently received NIH funding to explore how molecular readers of DNA access and activate seemingly hidden genes.
Our experiences leave traces in the brain, stored in small groups of cells called engrams. Engrams are thought to hold the ...
A study led by UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center investigators reveals how melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer, evolves to resist immunotherapy and identifies a potential ...
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine alumnus and former faculty member Hamilton O. Smith, M.D., whose 1978 Nobel Prize-winning discovery of restriction enzymes revolutionized genetic ...