An innovative method of gene therapy to treat hearing and balance disabilities caused by impaired function of the inner ear ...

Common ancestor eels lost the aquaporin gene encoding proteins with broad solute permeability. Researchers from the Institute ...

Johns Hopkins researchers have developed a powerful new AI tool called Splam that can identify where splicing occurs in genes—an advance that could help scientists analyze genetic data with greater ...

The approach is “very exciting,” but one expert says a lot more research is needed, especially around safety, before clinical ...

Researchers have discovered that a gene called CHRNA3 plays a key role in determining alcohol sensitivity, helping explain why some people tolerate alcohol better than others.

Genes on the sex chromosomes would be expected to show different activity between men (with an X chromosome and a Y ...

Research from UChicago dissects how a single genetic switch helps butterflies mimic wing patterns of other species to protect ...

Most species on Earth exist as two biological sexes, and the exchange of genes between males and females is vital for their ...