Gene therapy has been successfully used to treat a number of diseases, including immune deficiencies, hereditary blindness, ...

Fruit flies, mice, zebrafish, yeast and the tiny worm C. elegans are model organisms that have carried modern biology on ...

A study of 470,000 people reveals that the APOE gene could be behind 90% of Alzheimer's cases in the world today.

Researchers develop synthetic markers that cross the blood-brain barrier, allowing for noninvasive monitoring of the living brain via blood tests.

A protein that is a key modulator of fat, glucose and cholesterol levels in the body usually works in tandem with another ...

As we age, neuron production declines in the human brain, but scientists just identified the protein key to regenerating neural stem cells.

Around 25 million Americans have a rare genetic disease, and many of them struggle with not only a lack of effective treatments, but also a lack of good information about their disease. Clinicians may ...

The common wisdom is that each gene codes for one protein. Someone studying whether a patient has a mutation or version of a gene that contributes to their disease will therefore look for mutations ...

An estimated 170,000 Australians were diagnosed with cancer in 2025. Many people know the causes of cancer are partly genetic. But how do your genes, which contribute so much of what makes you you, ...