Comparing gene transcripts from different species reveals surprising splicing diversity.
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Comparing gene transcripts from different species reveals surprising splicing diversity.
Sequencing the whole genomes of bacterial pathogens as they spread among hospital patients and health care workers could transform the control of infectious disease.
This year, US politics was dominated by the run-up to October elections, with science policy issues playing a role here and elsewhere around the world.
2012 saw the birth of a handful of non-invasive genetic prenatal tests, but the young industry faces growing pains as legal and ethical questions loom.
Archaea packages DNA around histones in a similar way to eukaryotes, suggesting that fitting a large genome into a small space was not the original role of chromatin.
What researchers are learning as they sequence, map, and decode species’ genomes
Three-dimensional genome maps are leading to a deeper understanding of how the genome’s form influences its function.
The crucial importance of language in the debate over the regulation of direct-to-consumer genetic tests
What researchers are learning as they sequence, map, and decode species’ genomes
Researchers implant a glass pane in the abdominal walls of living mice to watch cancer cells metastasize to the liver.