A new study suggests that the Agouti gene in the brains of male African striped mice can act as a molecular "switch," making ...

Scientists have uncovered a powerful genetic switch that helps some of the body’s most important immune cells grow up properly and keep our organs healthy. The switch, called MafB, guides immature ...

A single genetic “switch” may be the secret to how the body’s cleanup crew grows up and keeps our organs running smoothly.

Scientists have identified a crucial molecular switch that decides whether pancreatic cancer cells resist chemotherapy or respond to it. The key player, a gene called GATA6, keeps tumours in a more ...

Researchers at the University of Liège have identified a key genetic regulator that enables macrophages to reach full ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Your genes don’t all behave the same way. While most gradually turn up or down their activity like a dimmer switch, some act more like light switches, either completely “on” or ...

Researchers at Colorado State University have developed a genetic "toggle switch" to help them control plants in ways that could transform our food supply. Growing crops has become more difficult in a ...

Some see a finger. Others, a worm. Scientists often call it an antenna. This tiny structure, sticking out from the surface of most human cells, is known as the primary cilium. Though nearly every cell ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Gene expression, where cells use the genetic information encoded in DNA to produce proteins, has been thought of as a dimmer light. How much a particular gene gets expressed ...

Researchers developed Pico-C to map genome folding in early embryos, uncovering a prebuilt 3D scaffold before gene activation ...