Using genomic and transcriptional data has greatly improved the understanding of multiple aspects of human physiology. A new paper in PNAS reports on molecular-level associations of co-occurring ...

Gene expression leading to alterations in the DNA caused by asbestos exposure may explain the development of malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM), a rare and aggressive cancer. By analyzing public RNA ...

Jump into the exciting world of genes with The Gene Explained (Activity Sheets for Those without Microscopes)! Using these ...

New research shows how the Eurasian common shrew (Sorex araneus) changes its brain and bodily size throughout the year. The study, published online in eLife, reveals how changes in gene expression ...

This story is part of a series on the current progression in Regenerative Medicine. In 1999, I defined regenerative medicine as the collection of interventions that restore tissues and organs damaged ...

A new analysis of individual brain cells across several human brain regions reveals subtle but widespread differences in gene activity between male and female brains. This may help explain why some ...

Scientists have uncovered a surprising mechanism by which a brain enzyme called OTULIN controls the expression of tau, the protein that forms toxic tangles in Alzheimer's disease. The findings, ...

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and atherosclerosis are two of the biggest killers in modern medicine, and they rarely ...

Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine identified MECP2 regulatory variants on the X chromosome that may help explain why ...

Among the individual genes, TEF most clearly distinguished night-shift workers from day-shift workers, followed by PER1 and ...