Females have one active X chromosome and one dormant X chromosome in each cell. But a study suggests that genes on the ...

Scientists also identified anti-ageing drugs and experimental compounds that could target the genes to reverse decline.

Adverse genetic mutations can cause harm and are due to various circumstances. "Jumping genes" are one cause of mutations, ...

One of the key challenges of the modern genomics era is studying the thousands of genes in a single human cell at scale. To ...

Kumar's daughter diagnosed with Sickle Cell Anaemia, highlighting challenges faced by tribal communities in Andhra Pradesh.

Fairburn explains that in the absence of an active anti-phage defence, viral infections inhibit bacterial growth and cause a ...

Spiders living in caves show how tiny genetic changes can reshape vision or cause complete blindness over generations.

Is our lifespan primarily dictated by our genetics, or do our behaviour and environment play the more important role?

Using an unbiased approach, this important study discovered a role of Ezh2 in the differentiation of granule neuron precursors, the cell of origin for Shh group of medulloblastoma. Furthermore, the ...

They found at every stage, male fetuses and adult sons were more affected by maternal smoking during pregnancy than females.

When a gene gets duplicated, it often leads to the recipe being followed too many times, and the resulting “leftovers,” the ...

We led a study to find out how genes have such a significant influence on why humans (and dogs) become overweight. It was ...