These differences involve the presence or absence of tags on DNA known as methyl groups, which switch genes on or off without changing their structure ... and found differences in gene activity ...

At MIT, one genome researcher is testing a different approach. Bin Zhang, associate professor of chemistry and the leader of ...

Scientists have discovered DNA’s building blocks inside ancient meteorites, suggesting that life’s origins may be extraterrestrial. These space rocks, which landed on Earth billions of years ago, ...

Fabrice Gritti, consultant scientist at Waters Corporation, spoke to LCGC International about the history of slalom chromatography (SC) and why he decided that the technique was worth re-investigating ...

The human genome is like a big ball of yarn, made up of 3 billion molecular units arranged in sequence and then wrapped up ...

Inside every human cell, 2 meters of DNA is crammed into a nucleus that is only one-hundredth of a millimeter in diameter.To ...

Complex neural circuits likely arose independently in birds and mammals, suggesting that vertebrates evolved intelligence ...

The human genome is like a big ball of yarn, made up of 3 billion molecular units arranged in sequence and then wrapped up ...

Another reason for choosing a particular modality is that it is a team’s specialty. Strategic choices can be less about determining which modality best fits a potential target than about choosing a ...