A naturally occurring gene called Cyclin A2 (CCNA2), which turns off after birth in humans, can actually make new, functioning heart cells and help the heart repair itself from injury, including a ...

Scientists have identified hundreds of genes that may increase the risk of developing Alzheimer's disease but the roles these ...

Researchers say findings help to bridge the structure of the genome to its function in managing how genes are turned on and off.

Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and the Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute (Duncan NRI) at Texas ...

Research from UChicago dissects how a single genetic switch helps butterflies mimic wing patterns of other species to protect ...

Long interspersed nuclear element-1 (LINE-1 or L1) is the only active, self-copying genetic element in the human ...

Why Some People Are Born to Be Afraid Scientists are discovering that our tendency to develop certain phobias might be ...