New tool pinpoints proteins that regulate gene activity in living cells

A new tool greatly improves scientists' ability to identify and study proteins that regulate gene activity in cells, ...

A molecular zipper and a DNA link team up to protect fertility

Every new life begins after a genetic shuffle. When organisms make eggs or sperm, maternal and paternal chromosomes pair up ...
Duke Pratt School of Engineering

Mapping ‘Dark’ Regions of the Genome Illuminates How Cells Respond to Their Environment

Previously unmapped sections of the genome explain how cells sense their mechanical environment and could open new paths for ...
Nature

Using short synthetic nucleic acids to probe genes in viruses that infect bacteria

Earth’s most diverse biological entities are the viruses that infect bacteria, called bacteriophages (phages). They are rich ...
The Washington Post

China’s quest for human genetic data spurs fears of a DNA arms race

Researchers work in a mobile Fire-Eye laboratory in Beijing in June 2020. The labs can identify coronavirus infections, as well as decipher and analyze human DNA. (Fu ...
The Scientist

Researchers Decode How Protein Language Models Think, Making AI More Transparent

By spreading out tightly packed information in neural networks, a new set of tools could make AI protein models easier to ...