genes

Resistance to colistin, a potent antibiotic, is on the rise. In 2016, researchers discovered that colistin resistance could be transferred…

Two species of worms have retained remarkably similar patterns in the way they switch their genes on and off despite…

Using advanced single-nuclei RNA sequencing (snRNA-seq) and a widely used preclinical model for Alzheimer's disease, researchers from Mass General Brigham…

A research team at the Biocenter of Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg (JMU), together with cooperation partners at the Wellcome Sanger Institute in…

Flowers grow stems, leaves and petals in a perfect pattern again and again. A new Cornell study shows that even…

DNA is the genetic code that provides the biological instructions for every living species, but not every bit of DNA…

Adverse genetic mutations can cause harm and are due to various circumstances. “Jumping genes” are one cause of mutations, but…

CDKL5, one of the five members of the CDKL family of genes, is important for proper neurodevelopment and associated with…

Tuberculosis lives and thrives in the lungs. When the bacteria that cause the disease are coughed into the air, they…

Researchers studying British Labrador retrievers have identified multiple genes associated with canine obesity and shown that these genes are also…