People have two copies of most of their genes, one from each parent. Mutations can change or silence one or both copies. In the case of the Syngap1 gene, research has shown that two working copies are ...

Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a life-threatening autosomal recessive disease affecting over 160,000 people worldwide. CF is caused by loss-of-function mutations in the CF transmembrane conductance regulator ...

Imagine a world where we could predict the behavior of life just by analyzing a sequence of letters. This is not science ...

Researchers shed new light on G-quadruplexes, a type of secondary DNA structure that has attracted attention as a potential therapeutic target in cancer.

Every day, billions of cells in your body divide, helping to replace old and injured cells with new ones. And each time this ...