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Researchers have successfully induced gene expression from a DNA extracellularly using cell-free materials alone, such as nucleic acids and proteins, for the first time.

Riluzole, a drug approved to treat amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, could slow the loss of a particular brain cell that occurs in Niemann-Pick disease type C, a rare genetic disorder affecting children and adolescents, suggests a study in mice.

Researchers have shown that SARS-CoV-2 can disseminate to the blood and extrapulmonary organs in severe COVID-19 cases. They have found multiple variants of concern (VOCs) in different organs of a severe COVID-19 patient who died long before the reported emergence of these VOCs.

Researchers have found that left-handedness is associated with differences in brain asymmetry in areas related to working memory, language, hand control and vision.

Scientists recently gained insights into how vitamin D functions to reduce inflammation caused by immune cells that might be relevant to the responses during severe COVID-19.

Researchers have developed a new model that uses DNA and RNA sequencing data from hundreds of patients to identify specific genes and genetic alterations responsible for newly-defined subtypes of multiple myeloma.

A protein that protects cells from DNA damage, p53, is activated during gene editing using the CRISPR technique. Consequently, cells with mutated p53 have a survival advantage, which can cause cancer.

Genomics-based health intelligence companies previously reported that it was feasible to predict a person’s facial appearance from their DNA. A new study suggests that this is not as easy as first thought.

A new model shows that if microbial species have complementary preferences for what they consume despite sharing similar metabolic abilities, they can more easily coexist.

Researchers have developed a novel vaccine that in guinea pigs offers protection against infection by the bacterium that causes Lyme Disease and may also combat other tick-borne diseases.