No gene acts alone: interacting variants and protein partnerships can worsen, mask or even rescue disease risk, demanding ...

Researchers are adding new evidence to the emerging concept that 'silent' or synonymous mutations may have crucial consequences. Their study showed how a synonymous mutation in one gene can ...

A research team led by the University of Oxford's Department of Engineering Science has shown it is possible to engineer a ...

The so-called magneto-sensitive fluorescent proteins or MFPs, overcome key limitations of previous biological candidates for quantum sensors.

Proteins form the building blocks of life, but when they form unusual clumps inside the brain, they raise an alarm that ...

According to a study by an international team of researchers, summarized by the Oxford University Press, Apennine brown bears ...

The Beauty is Ryan Murphy at his Ryan Murphy-est, which is to say that it's maximalist, deranged chaos.

Scientists have developed a blood test that can help predict which breast cancer treatment will work best. The team at the ...

Influenza vaccinations among a high-risk group — adults age 65 and older — has declined, according to data from the National Center for Health Statistics, amid two consecutive severe flu seasons that ...

In a world first, a research team led by the University of Oxford’s Department of Engineering Science has shown it is ...

Light is a universal stimulus that influences all living things. Cycles of light and dark help set the biological clocks for ...

Researchers from New England Biolabs (NEB®) and Yale University describe the first fully synthetic bacteriophage engineering ...