The heart is able to adapt to changing conditions and demands by using a molecular mechanism known as alternative splicing.

Typically, the information encoded in DNA allows organisms to develop, function, and pass traits across generations. Yet DNA ...

Gene regulation is the process by which cells control the expression of their genes, determining when, where, and to what extent each gene is expressed. It is a fundamental mechanism that allows cells ...

A molecule once thought to be a harmful metabolic byproduct may play a crucial role in early development and gene regulation, ...

Some sequences in the genome cause genes to be switched on or off. Until now, each of these gene switches, or so-called enhancers, was thought to have its own place on the DNA. Different enhancers are ...

Much of the phenotypic variation that is observed within and between species is the result of differences in gene regulation: specifically when, where and how much the genes are expressed. Given the ...

Professor Carsten Carlberg has published a comprehensive new textbook, Gene Regulation and Epigenetics: How Science Works, presenting the current understanding of gene regulation and epigenomics.

Scientists have discovered that coordination between basic cellular processes is lost with increasing age. Gene regulation in our cells -- the decision when which proteins are produced for the various ...

People who vape regularly show altered activity in 3,124 genes across the genome compared with people who do not smoke or ...