genetics & genomics, cell & molecular biology

Researchers discover that a layer of human breast tissue is not one but two distinct cell types.  

Luna DNA, Nebula Genomics, and other “bio-brokers” will allow customers to make money by granting access to their genetic and personal information for research purposes.

An entrepreneurial attitude helped this Vienna-based researcher begin to unravel the complex receptor network that Arabidopsis uses to develop and defend itself.

Meet some of the people featured in the June 2018 issue of The Scientist.

The microbiologist was known for his work on bacterial antibiotic resistance and infectious disease.

A device dubbed the “mother machine” enables real-time observation of mutagenesis in single bacterial cells.  

Peering through a microscope since age 14, Joseph Gall, now 89, still sees wonder at the other end.

New technologies reveal the dynamic changes in mouse and human embryos during the first week after fertilization.

Advances in single-cell technologies have revealed vast differences between cells once thought to be in the same category, calling into question how we define cell type in the first place.

With the arrival of a new class of single-nucleotide editors, researchers can target the most common type of pathogenic SNP in humans.

Stephen Elledge has built a career studying how eukaryotic cells maintain genomic integrity.

Researchers are just beginning to scratch the surface of how several newly recognized epigenetic changes function in the genome.

New starring roles for nucleic acids

Two new techniques allow researchers to manipulate the activity of gut bacteria. 

Circular RNA biogenesis occurs when RNA fragments are bent into closed loops of one or more exons and/or introns.

The cell-surface receptor, SIRP-alpha, initiates the innate immune response in hosts.  

Our guide to all known forms of RNA, from cis-NAT to vault RNA and everything in between.

The Yale University cell and molecular biologist is probing the deep mysteries of epidermal cells.

Scientists discover transcripts from the same gene that can express both proteins and noncoding RNA.
 

Scientists identify the genes responsible for bacteria-controlled sterility in arthropods.