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Scientists have discovered that two paralogous androgen receptor genes control social status in African cichlid fish. The finding may have applications to other species.

Scientists have made a breakthrough discovery of a key protein that supports the production of healthy blood cells throughout life by regulating the body’s inflammatory response.

National Institutes of Health researchers have discovered a gene in mice that controls the craving for fatty and sugary foods and the desire to exercise.

Researchers have generated a resource to aid in predicting drug sensitivity, to understand therapeutic resistance mechanisms, and identify optimal combination treatment strategies.

A research team has discovered a mechanism that disease-causing bacteria use to anchor their protective outer membranes. These findings may be used to develop a strategy that can interrupt this process.

The biological clock of a popular food crop controls close to three-quarters of its genes, according to research from Dartmouth College.

Scientists have discovered that Atg9, one of the proteins that function to mediate autophagy, has phospholipid-translocation activity between the two layers of the lipid bilayer, which results in membrane expansion.

New York University researchers have created a “developmental atlas” of gene expression in neurons, using gene sequencing and machine learning to categorize more than 250,000 neurons in the brains of fruit flies.

A new study suggests that it is possible to design drugs that can target a type of shape-shifting protein involved in Alzheimer's disease, which was previously thought to be undruggable.

The advent of genome science has given researchers an unprecedented ability to understand the root causes of a host of conditions. Scientists in the UConn School of Medicine have used this technology to identify a suite of genes and regulatory elements critical to normal heart development.