Despite its strong influence, APOE is not the sole cause of Alzheimer’s or other dementias. Even among people with the ...

A hallmark of Parkinson's disease is the buildup of Lewy bodies—misfolded clumps of the protein known as alpha-synuclein.

All life on Earth shares a common ancestor that lived roughly four billion years ago. This so-called "last universal common ...

Scientists have uncovered a surprising genetic shift that may explain how animals with backbones—from fish and frogs to ...

Life runs on instructions you never see. Every cell reads DNA, turns that message into RNA, and then builds proteins that ...

Researchers have elucidated key steps in the ubiquitin tagging of the mutated huntingtin protein, providing hope for future ...

Gene regulation is far more predictable than previously believed, scientists conclude after developing the deep learning ...

Researchers have created the first complete map showing how hundreds of mutations in a key cancer gene affect tumor growth.

Dr. Rebecca Ahrens-Nicklas and Dr. Kiran Musunru crafted a bespoke treatment that has successfully corrected the genetic ...

Two UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers have identified a protein that plays a key role in controlling the liver's ...

Scientists at the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, (NUS Medicine), have identified a molecular switch that helps aging brains ...

Conservatives and MAGA commentators have reacted to Olympic boxer Imane Khelif admitting to having the SRY gene found in ...