New research provides a mechanistic map of how genetic mutations disrupt RNA splicing in acute myeloid leukemia.

Treating acute myeloid leukemia (AML) depends on knowing what goes wrong inside cells. A new study suggests that two genetic ...

Treating acute myeloid leukemia (AML) depends on knowing what goes wrong inside cells. A new study suggests that two genetic ...

Biologists are closing in on a puzzle that seems to turn classic evolutionary logic inside out, yet may be so common that it ...

In the damp understory of forests in Taiwan, mainland Japan, and Okinawa, a plant called Balanophora can fool you at first ...

Women under 50, even those who don’t smoke, are seeing a rise in lung cancer cases. Oncologist stresses recognising warning ...

Data indicating unequal treatment effects in women has prompted calls for more nuance in Alzheimer’s diagnosis and drug ...

A genetic mutation passed from mother to children in families affected by schizophrenia has now been shown to completely ...

Australian researchers have uncovered how a particular strain of a diarrhea-causing parasite managed to infect more animal ...

Our DNA is compacted and arranged into chromosomes, most of which are shaped like X’s. The ends of the chromosomes' arms are protected with caps known as telomeres. Telomeres are made up of highly ...

A new CRISPR breakthrough shows scientists can turn genes back on without cutting DNA, by removing chemical tags that act ...

It has been claimed that because most of our DNA is active, it must be important, but now human-plant hybrid cells have been ...