While six years ago they found that these so-called SMC motor proteins make long loops in our DNA, they have now discovered ...

Angelman syndrome is a rare disease that disrupts the normal development and function of cells, particularly in the nervous ...

But James Watson and Francis Crick's claim was a valid one, for they had in fact discovered the structure of DNA, the chemical that encodes instructions for building and replicating almost all ...

How is the same process responsible for genetic recombination and diversity also the cause of aneuploidy? Understanding the steps of meiosis is essential to learning how errors occur. Researchers ...

The authors studied the development of mesentery borders in the rice coral Montipora, a new experimental system, to complement existing data from the sea anemone Nematostella. They make a solid case ...

Results from the study also showed the potential association between smoking, disease progression and survival in patients ...

Outer membrane DNA on EVs, as captured by atomic force microscopy, reveals a "beads-on-a-string" chromatin structure. In the ...

Researchers are one step closer to understanding the genetic mechanisms behind wilt disease and how it affects Arabic and ...

Unlike traditional chips, which process information sequentially, TrueNorth is inspired by the structure and function of the ...

ualberta.ca Over the past three decades, extensive genetic, physical, transcript, and sequence maps have assisted in the mapping of over 30 genetic diseases and in the identification of over 550 genes ...