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When scientists disabled a single regulatory gene in a species of sea anemone, a stinging cell that shoots a venomous miniature harpoon for hunting and self-defense shifted to shoot a sticky thread that entangles prey instead, according to a new study.

Researchers have created a new method for manipulating individual cells using air-filled proteins and ultrasound waves.

A new genomic study suggests that Indigenous populations in present-day Ecuador also adapted to the tuberculosis bacterium, thousands of years before the arrival of Europeans.

Twenty-one Alzheimer's disease-related genes have been linked with obesity in a new study, providing a potential explanation for why Alzheimer's can be more common in adults who experienced obesity in midlife.

New research has shown that key immune cells don't work properly in premature babies, making them vulnerable to deadly infections.

A new study has highlighted the benefits of whole genome sequencing of classic Hodgkin lymphoma over exome sequencing.

NIH researchers have identified a gene that makes yeast resistant to a lethal toxin, according to a new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Researchers have discovered that many differences exist in the genes encoding our T-cell receptors between persons and populations.

Telomeres were once thought to be incapable of encoding proteins, but new research has indicated this is not the case by discovering that the telomeric DNA can produce two small proteins.

In a first-of-its-kind study, EMBL researchers have shown how DNA methylation across the genome contributes to the precise regulation of gene expression