Gene mutations have consequences both good and bad—from resistance to conditions like diabetes to susceptibility to certain ...

Membraneless organelles, also called biomolecular condensates, are changing how scientists think about protein chemistry, ...

Think back to that basic biology class you took in high school. You probably learned about organelles, those little "organs" ...

The COVID-19 pandemic has taught us all the importance of educating the public about viral infections. Besides educating the general public, we need to equip the next generation of scientists by ...

5 Gene regulation ensures that genes are expressed at the right times and in the right cells. Techniques such as Polymerase ...

McMaster met Martha Rhodes for the first time Wednesday in Beaufort. Since that time, Kimberly Ritchie, an associate professor of genetics and porkaryotic cell biology and director of search at ...

Scientists have successfully immortalized lip cells, creating a clinically relevant lab model that enables testing of new ...

Assistant Professor Benjamin Nilsson Payant is awarded for his studies on the molecular biology of emerging RNA viruses. His ...

A healthy brain balances "activate" and "inhibit" signaling in its neural microcircuitry, with the inhibitory signaling often provided by cell ...

Metabolic enzymes, typically associated with energy production, are now discovered to also play essential roles in the nucleus, such as orchestrating cell division and DNA repair. This breakthrough, ...

The study of immune biology in the context of infectious and inflammatory diseases is a dynamic and rapidly evolving field. Current research is focused on unravelling the complex mechanisms by which ...

Researchers had given up on achieving photosynthesis in animals, Professor Sachihiro Matsunaga told Newsweek, but that didn't stop him and his colleagues.