If our genes are so similar, what really makes a eukaryote different from a prokaryote, or a human from E. coli? The answer lies in the difference in gene expression and regulation used. Regulation of ...

Alternative splicing exhibits lineage-specific variability, with mammals and birds reaching the highest levels despite conserved intron-rich architectures, while unicellular eukaryotes and prokaryotes ...

There has been an endless “war” between pathogen organisms armed with the ability to establish new, genetically based ...

Scientists have used AI to design bacteriophages, or viruses that infect only bacteria. Does the prospect of designing viruses with AI pose threats to biosecurity?

Molecular regulatory mechanisms play a crucial role in efficient and precise breeding of horticultural crops, including ...

This study addresses an important question in liver biology: how zonal hepatocytes balance survival and proliferation following injury; using spatial transcriptomics, mechanistic perturbations, and ...

France sees crops developed using gene-editing techniques as different to genetically modified organisms (GMOs) and opposes a European Union court decision to put them under strict GMO regulations, ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — A new report from the advocacy nonprofit Environmental Working Group (EWG) claims to have found arsenic, nitrate and hexavalent chromium, in Central Texas’ water supplies. Hexavalent ...

Audiences are quick to take some music legends for granted. Decades after their biggest hits took over the radio, these artists try to lead peaceful lives away from the spotlight. The fact that they ...