Fragile X disorders include two distinct conditions: fragile X syndrome (the most common single-gene cause of developmental ...

Most organisms fit comfortably into standard definitions of “life,” i.e., cells that grow, reproduce independently, and ...

Every living cell must interpret its genetic code - a sequence of chemical letters that governs countless cellular functions.

A predictive biophysical model that integrates protein-DNA structures and sequences to accurately determine genomic binding sites and affinities of DNA-binding proteins.

How does a cell know when it’s been damaged? A molecular alarm, set off by mutated RNA and colliding ribosomes, signals ...

A team that includes Rutgers University-New Brunswick scientists has unlocked some of the secrets of corn DNA, revealing how ...

Guoping Li, Ph.D., of the Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care & Pain Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital, is the ...

The authors proposed two hypotheses: first, that methamphetamine induces neuroinflammation, and second, that it alters neuronal stem cell differentiation. These are valuable hypotheses, and the ...

Cells contain helper molecules called transfer RNAs (tRNAs), which carry building blocks (amino acids) to make proteins.

A research team led by Dr. Hye sun Cho at the Plant Systems Engineering Research Center of the Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology(KRIBB) has uncovered, for the first time at the ...

Whole transcriptome sequencing RNA library preparation gets a boost from the latest automated liquid handling technology.