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Researchers have proposed new guidelines to overcome current problems facing scientists developing synthetic nucleic acids - such as antisense oligonucleotides and double-stranded RNAs - as drugs and research tools.

A new study has found a new system in our cells that makes them more robust against possible alterations in the expression of our genes.

A groundbreaking study in zebrafish revealed that microglia, long thought be restricted to the central nervous system actually squeeze through the spinal boundary, crossing into the peripheral nervous system in response to injury.

Why do we find certain faces "beautiful" and certain faces not? A new study suggests that specific genetic variants may be linked to individuals that are viewed as more "beautiful", and that these variants differ between the sexes.

One way to treat the most common type of kidney cancer is to use anti-angiogenic drugs to cut off the blood supply to the tumors, but patients respond differently to the drugs, and choosing the wrong one can make the cancer grow faster.

Researchers, including one who was inspired by the cancer death of a close friend, have developed a new technology that could change how gene editing is approached in the future.

Researchers have demystified a metabolic enzyme that could be the next major molecular target in cancer treatment.

Changes in Rac1 activity could affect the structure, motility and connectivity of neurons in people with Huntington's Disease.

Human cells have a sophisticated regulatory system at their disposal: labeling proteins with the small molecule ubiquitin. In a first, researchers have succeeded in marking proteins with ubiquitin in a targeted manner, in test tubes as well as in living cells.

Leukemia treatments often leave girls infertile, but a procedure developed by researchers at the University of Michigan working with mice is a step toward restoring their ability to be biological mothers.