Alternative RNA splicing is like a movie editor cutting and rearranging scenes from the same footage to create different versions of a film.

The study used innovative technology that maps RNA molecules which are the basis for translating the genome into proteins.

While everyone’s blood contains the same basic parts, there are eight different blood types. The type you have depends on genes you inherit from your biological parents. What makes your blood ...

“We figured out that there was this ebony gene that was misregulated in the mutants,” explained Monteiro. “Ebony has a very well-understood link to the melanin pathway and that’s how we could close ...