Prions play key role in yeast survival and evolution
For the first time, researchers find prions in wild strains of yeast, and show they can help the organisms withstand stress.
For the first time, researchers find prions in wild strains of yeast, and show they can help the organisms withstand stress.
By creating liver-like cells, scientists can study why people respond differently to the disease.
New study could explain why variant enzymes boost the risk of cancer for some people.
By using ‘genetic programming’ to crossbreed algorithms, researchers help flavor companies figure out what their customers like.
One gene appears to regulate the brain’s ability to form new memories.
Neuroscientists find that two rare autism-related disorders are caused by opposing malfunctions in the brain.
Scientists find that the 3-D structure of a cancer cell’s chromosomes plays a big role in which genes get deleted or copied.
MIT neuroscientists show that a gene linked with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder impairs early brain development.
MIT, Lawrence Berkeley launch new tool to calculate properties of new materials
Microbes have developed a quick and effective way to exchange genetic information coding for antibiotic resistance, other functions.
Genomic comparison offers a new map for charting human disease and biology.
Cancer biologists identify a driving force behind the spread of an aggressive type of lung cancer.
New technology from MIT and Harvard can edit DNA at the genome scale, giving cells novel functions.
MIT researchers show how estrogen protects women from the gastric inflammation that can lead to cancer.
The gene they found can double yeast lifespan when turned on late in life.