A new generation of therapies aims to intervene at a recently discovered gap between the disease’s molecular march and its ...

Inside the cell nucleus, genes must be turned on and off with precision to regulate biological processes. The first models of ...

Jason is a general assignment reporter, with particular focus on genetic medicine and rare disease. Confidential tips can be sent on Signal at JasonMast.77. The Food and Drug Administration will ...

Scientists have discovered that a gene normally considered a DNA-protecting "good guy" can become dangerous when cells make too much of it. The gene, EXO1, acts like molecular scissors that help ...

The European Union's Parliament voted Wednesday to approve a regulation allowing streamlined approval of gene editing techniques. Opponents of the regulation focused on what they said was a lack of ...

After personally looking over the wreckage of the deadliest skydiving plane crash of the decade on a bright June day, Jennifer Homendy with the National Transportation Safety Board said things must ...

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The heart is able to adapt to changing conditions and demands by using a molecular mechanism known as alternative splicing. Cells modify active genes; when those genes are transcribed into RNA ...

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Digital DNA molecule, structure. Concept binary code human genome. DNA molecule with modified genes, 3D illustration When synthetic biologists sketch gene circuits, they usually think in terms of ...

The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved Regeneron’s Otarmeni, the first gene therapy for genetic hearing loss. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free ...

Not all parts of our genetic code are equal, even when they appear to say the same thing. Scientists have discovered that cells can detect less efficient genetic instructions and selectively silence ...