Artificial intelligence has just redrawn the map of our genome’s control room, revealing hundreds of thousands of tiny DNA ...

The human brain is a fascinating and complex organ that supports numerous sophisticated behaviors and abilities that are ...

President Donald Trump said the Kennedy Center honorees represented “the fabric of America.” Hailing from distinct regional cultures and laboring ...

Scientists have long known that mutations in certain genes affecting microtubules in plants can cause plants to grow in a twisting manner. In most cases, these are “null mutations,” meaning the ...

Estrogens, the main female sex hormone, although they also perform some functions in men, are involved in a myriad of ...

Northwestern Medicine scientists have discovered how molecular "traffic controllers" in cells influence aging and cellular ...

It's a common storytelling trope: the stubborn foe who is eventually revealed to be a much-needed friend. Biology has its own ...

A tiny percentage of our DNA—around 2%—contains 20,000-odd genes. The remaining 98%—long known as the non-coding genome, or ...

JABSOM Cell and Molecular Biology researcher Dr. Jesse Owens has spent the better part of two decades chasing a vision that ...

Analyzing stochastic cell-to-cell variability can potentially reveal causal interactions in gene regulatory networks.

SMRTS, a smart mRNA system, enables cell‑selective gene expression, expanding the mRNA toolbox for precision cancer therapies.