DNA can also be demethylated, either through passive or active processes. Passive DNA demethylation occurs when the methylation pattern is not replenished during DNA replication and gradually ...

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

Scientists at the MRC Laboratory of Medical Sciences (LMS) have discovered a DNA-based “dimmer switch” that regulates the activity of a critical developmental gene, Cdx2. This work could pave the way ...

A new study led by researchers at UTHealth Houston investigated both gene expression and regulation at single cell levels to ...

What do your genes have to do with growing old? Quite a lot. But is it due to the actual DNA, or the way those genes are expressed? KPBS sci-tech reporter Thomas Fudge has more on new research that ...

A novel cationic nanotechnology called jetOPTIMUS ® was created to increase the effectiveness of DNA transfection in adherent cells, including difficult-to-transfect cells. Transfection with ...

Precision and timing of gene expression is essential for normal biological functions and, when disrupted, can lead to many ...

PCR-based techniques have transformed how scientists analyze transcripts’ translational applications in cancer and ...

One person’s junk is another’s treasure. An international team of scientists have found that strings of “junk” DNA in the human genome that were previously written off as having no useful function are ...