A transcription factor is a protein that binds to a particular DNA sequence in order to control the rate at which a nearby gene is transcribed and expressed.
Functional mouse induced pluripotent stem cells were generated using genes originating in an ancient unicellular organism and injected into a mouse embryo to create chimeric mice...
A sequence of noncoding DNA has been shown to regulate a gene crucial for embryonic limb and heart development in mice...
Gene expression in the placenta is different for male and female fetuses during the first trimester...
'Spatial grammar' within our DNA code has been uncovered, which could change our understanding of how genes are activated...
A new biological pathway linked with inflammatory bowel disease has been discovered, offering new opportunities for treatments...
Genes that could be involved in heart development have been identified using a method that looks for candidate genes not solely expressed in heart tissue.
A new treatment that uses nanocapsules to silence a gene responsible for allergic asthmatic reactions has been developed by scientists...
Self-organising heart organoids using human pluripotent stem cells have been developed by researchers from the Institute of Molecular Biotechnology of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (I
Pregnancy reduces the risk of breast cancer by reprogramming genes found in breast cells...
Scientists have partially restored sight in mice with congenital blindness by using gene therapy to activate retinal stem cells...
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