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A new study reveals a “conductor” plant root stem cell gene that helps orchestrate and coordinate stem cell division of different root stem cell types.

A highly conserved mechanism in worms and humans has been identified, that controls the removal of toxic protein aggregates – hallmarks of neurodegenerative diseases. Insights from their study may provide a novel therapeutic approach for Huntington's and Parkinson's disease.

Chocolate-producing cacao trees that are resistant to a major pathogen were identified by an international team of plant geneticists. The findings point the way for plant breeders to develop trees that are tolerant of the disease.

New research has provided further insight into how genes are copied from DNA.

Researchers have discovered how a gene-repressing protein could help to predict survival outcomes in patients with a malignant form of bile duct cancer.

Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have adapted a technique that enlists the power of electrons to visualize a soft material's atomic structure while keeping it intact.

Researchers have revealed the important role played by the histone modification H3K27me3 in regulating gene expression in Chinese cabbage.

Scientists have used pregnancy to unlock a missing link between various species of mammals and cancer malignancy, changing the way we look at cancer metastasis.

According to a new study, someone's risk of developing cancer is affected by genetic variations in regions of DNA that don’t code for proteins, previously dismissed as "junk DNA".

A new technique overcomes several limitations of typical high-throughput chemical screens conducted on cell samples. The new screening strategy combines improvements in labeling cell nuclei with advances in profiling what genes are expressed in each of millions of cells.