Award-winning and prolific science writer, Dr Philip Ball, offers a wide perspective in his latest book 'How Life Works'...
'Spatial grammar' within our DNA code has been uncovered, which could change our understanding of how genes are activated...
Fifteen studies comprehensively mapping the genes responsible for regulation of activity and development of the brain have been published...
Although sperm cells do contain some mitochondria, scientists have found that these mitochondria do not contain intact mitochondrial DNA...
Specific epigenetic changes to the genomes of offspring have been linked to smoking by their fathers before the age of 15, a recent study across six countries showed...
Two potential new treatments for Alzheimer's disease using the CRISPR genome editing approach have been reported at the Alzheimer's Association International Conference, in Amsterdam, the Netherlands...
A chemotherapy drug has been found to halt the replication of cancer cells via an unexpected mechanism...
Using artificial intelligence (AI), scientists have designed synthetic DNA to control gene expression and thus control the cells' production of protein...
Egg cells are kept in a form of stasis from when they are first formed in the fetus until they mature in adulthood, by a protein which regulates transcription, a new study in mice has shown...
Embryos containing donated mitochondria, created via a method intended to avoid the transmission of mitochondrial disease, seem similar to those created via IVF with ICSI...
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