Unexpected allies: DNA packaging aids gene expression

It's a common storytelling trope: the stubborn foe who is eventually revealed to be a much-needed friend. Biology has its own ...

'Speed scanner' can test thousands of plant gene switches at once

Agriculture, from the outset, has been made possible by humans tweaking the genes of plants to make them grow faster, produce ...
Forbes

Gene Editing Or Gene Silencing: The Therapies Poised To Transform Medicine

Revolutions in gene therapy are rapidly changing the landscape of modern medicine. Revolutions in gene therapy are rapidly changing the landscape of modern medicine, forcing society and science alike ...

Refining the uncharted landscape of human transcription factors—strategic framework created for future prioritization

The human genome contains approximately 1,600 types of transcription factors responsible for regulating gene activity across ...

Gene therapy advances as scientists guide jumping DNA to target faulty genes

JABSOM Cell and Molecular Biology researcher Dr. Jesse Owens has spent the better part of two decades chasing a vision that ...
eLife

Exploiting fluctuations in gene expression to detect causal interactions between genes

Analyzing stochastic cell-to-cell variability can potentially reveal causal interactions in gene regulatory networks.
The Atlantic

The Rarest of All Diseases Are Becoming Treatable

For a decade after its discovery, CRISPR gene editing was stuck on the cusp of transforming medicine. Then, in 2023, scientists started using it on sickle-cell disease, and Victoria Gray, a patient ...