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 ...

Among the most famous demonstrations of genetic mutations driving infection outcome is severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID ...

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

Scientists at Mount Sinai have created an artificial intelligence system that can predict how likely rare genetic mutations are to actually cause disease. By combining machine learning with millions ...

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

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

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

Evolution cannot explain biological complexity without bumping up against some fundamental laws of nature. If you recall, we ...

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

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

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