The industrial food matrix is not merely delivering poor nutrition. It is executing a systemic epigenetic intervention on human gene expression, suppressing tumor-suppressor pathways, destabilizing ...

Researchers have discovered that cancer spread isn’t random—it follows a kind of biological “program.” By studying colon tumor cells, they identified gene patterns that signal whether a cancer is ...

So it would seem helpful that new research on autism has just discovered a possible genetic link -- an alteration near a gene called semaphorin 5A, which is thought to guide the growth of brain-cell ...

Discover how CRISPR genome editing is revolutionizing medicine. Learn the science of Cas9, current clinical trials, and the future of gene editing.

The United States and Mexico have been in a historic megadrought since the turn of the century. For more than 25 years, the American Southwest has faced the severe social and economic consequences of ...

Welcome to the Citizens Life Science Conference Day 2. My name is Jon Wolleben, Senior analyst here. Pleased to have ProQR Therapeutics, a name we've covered for quite some time in many iterations, ...

Investigators at UB's dental school and medical school are conducting research to repair and regenerate glands that affect eating, speech and quality of life.

In African striped mice, the activity of one gene can dramatically change a male's parenting style, according to a new study ...

They aren’t exactly glamorous, but naked mole rats have genes that could mean feeling younger and living longer.

Extended long-term survival observed after an additional year of follow-up in ongoing phase 2a clinical trial, with 50% of 46 patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) treated with ...

Livestock breeders could soon have more tools to improve the health and quality of their animals, thanks to a recent study ...

Neurodegenerative diseases affect more than 57 million people globally. The incidence of these diseases, from Alzheimer's to ...