During transcription, newly minted RNA sticks to its DNA template, forming a 3-stranded structure known as an R-loop. While ...

Diabetes is a leading cause of global mortality and disability, and its economic burden is substantial. This Review focuses on type 2 diabetes, which makes up 90–95% of all diabetes cases. Type 2 ...

The cause of rare diseases is increasingly being detected through genome sequencing, which involves reading the entire human DNA by first breaking it into small pieces—short reads. Christian Gilissen, ...

Investors clearly appreciate the song Tune Therapeutics is singing, handing over $175 million in series B funds as the ...

The biotech plans to use the funding to advance clinical testing of an epigenetic silencing therapy it hopes could treat ...

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Gene-editing kicked off 2024 with a bang in the medical sector but closed the year with a whimper. It started with the FDA ...

The beta thalassemia trait is present at birth. It is inherited in an autosomal recessive pattern involving the HBB (hemoglobin subunit beta) gene. Your chances of carrying or inheriting the beta ...

Dinesh Raheja continues celebrating Raj Kapoor's birth centenary by looking at seven sequences from his films that have defined Hindi cinema. Barsaat: The Love Call of the Violin The heart ...

With so many at-home DNA tests now available to consumers, learning more about your ancestry is easier than ever. Plus, these tests make for thoughtful, unique holiday gifts. All you have to do is ...