Gene mutations have consequences both good and bad—from resistance to conditions like diabetes to susceptibility to certain ...

Recent genome-wide analyses of alternative splicing indicate that 40–60% of ... in where a given EST sequence begins or ends within a gene, and potential vector contamination at the ends of ...

The idea that speckles might be storage sites for spliceosomes triggered Guttman to look deeper into how nuclear organization ...

Under the terms of the deal, Spark will get access to the Barcelona-based company’s Protein Splicing platform, designed to get around the problem that some gene therapies have amino acid ...

Here’s how it works. Scientists have discovered a gene variant that could make some parents more likely to have girls than boys. In the new study, researchers analyzed the genomes of around ...

Gene Park is a reporter for The Washington Post, covering video games and gaming culture. He joined The Post in 2015 as audience editor, and is a former reporter in the West Coast and Pacific region.

Oct. 28, 2024 — Using state-of-the-art technology, researchers have identified several specific steps needed for CRISPR to become active and perform its gene editing function. These preclinical ...

The great scientist strays into speculation in The Genetic Book of the Dead, his latest defence of his “selfish gene” theory of evolution. By Tim Flannery Richard Dawkins is without doubt the most ...

By Gina Kolata Photographs by Kenny Holston Gina Kolata visited Kendric Cromer and his parents for the third time as she has followed his gene therapy at Children’s National Hospital in ...

EUGENE, Ore. (KTVZ) -- University of Oregon biologists have uncovered a mechanism by which a well-known breast cancer gene also influences fertility. Mutations in the BRCA1 gene sharply increase a ...

Paxton’s parents said he has an ultra-rare neurodegenerative genetic mutation on his CLCN6 gene. Essentially, it’s a chloride channel in his brain that greatly impacts his central nervous system.