Not everyone needs 8 hours of sleep to function properly. Some people can feel well-rested and show no negative effects of ...

Failure of a gene-reading quality-control mechanism called Integrator leaves cells littered with abnormal RNA strands that ...

Ribonucleic acid (RNA) molecules may be best known for their job ferrying the genetic information encoded in DNA to a cell's ...

Failure of a gene-reading quality-control mechanism called Integrator leaves cells littered with abnormal RNA strands that ...

An investigational gene therapy has successfully restored immune function in all nine children treated with the rare and life-threatening immune disorder called severe leukocyte adhesion deficiency-I, ...

From STAT’s Adam Feuerstein: The FDA informed Capricor Therapeutics that a meeting of outside experts will be convened to ...

The FDA has granted Orphan Drug designation to BA-102 for the treatment of Phelan-McDermid syndrome, a rare neurodevelopmental disorder.

Gene therapy has emerged as a promising approach to previously untreatable conditions, including Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), a progressive disorder caused by DMD mutations that leads to early ...

Read on to learn more about how circumcision can affect the appearance of your penis, sexual function, and more. Your penis size is based mainly on your genes. These determine the phenotype ...

A new study from the University of Eastern Finland shows that exposure to ultrafine particles (UFP) from traffic can interfere with how our genes function, without altering the genetic code itself.

Genes involved may be divided into those involved in the epidermal barrier function and those involved in the regulation of the innate and adaptive immune systems including the regulation of IgE ...

May 5, 2025 — Chemists found a way to identify a complex sugar molecule in the cell walls of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the world's deadliest pathogen. This labeling could lead to simpler ...