Researchers in Göttingen, Germany, have elucidated the structure and function of otoferlin, a protein that plays a crucial ...

Before cells can divide, they first need to replicate all of their chromosomes, so that each of the daughter cells can ...

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This study is led by Dr. Yue Zhou (State Key Laboratory of Gene Function and Modulation Research, School of Advanced Agricultural Sciences, Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences, Peking University, ...

Researchers have investigated how cationic polymers organize on a molecular level when transporting RNA drugs. LMU researchers have investigated how cationic polymers organize on a molecular level ...

Yuk-Lap (Kevin) Yip, PhD, is a professor and the interim director of the Center for Data Sciences at Sanford Burnham Prebys, and the senior and corresponding author of the manuscript. In biology ...

Molecular biologists have long believed that the beginning of a gene launched the process of transcription—the process by which a segment of DNA is copied into RNA and then RNA helps make the proteins ...

Researchers have identified a new genetic cause of hereditary optic atrophy—a condition that leads to gradual vision loss—by discovering a previously unknown mutation in the PPIB gene. T ...

A new breakthrough in a rare genetic disease which causes children to age rapidly has been discovered using 'longevity genes' ...

Researchers from the University of Bristol and IRCCS MultiMedica showed that a gene linked to supercentenarians’ longevity ...