Smoking leaves epigenetic marks on DNA long after cessation, with consequences for adaptive immunity.

Digging into how and why some genes are resurrected after death sounds morbid, but it has practical applications. 

From smart receptors to novel biologics, scientists plan to overcome the challenges of treating solid tumors.

Certain stretches of DNA that regulate gene expression have evolved differently from protein-coding genes.

GRAS family proteins found to regulate nodules where nitrogen-fixing bacteria live

p53 is possibly the most important protein for maintaining cellular function. Losing it is synonymous with cancer.

The common fluorescent marker GFP traveled a long road to take its popular place in molecular biology today.

The Laskers are among the most prestigious medical research awards in the world and among the oldest in the United States. Since they were first presented in 1944, 49 winners have gone on to win Nobel Prizes. Jordan Gutterman of the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, executive vice president of the Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation, and director of the awards program since earlier this year, attributes the prestige of the awards to their longevity and to the "extraordinary quality&quo

Animals with human cells could provide donor organs or help us understand neuropsychiatric disorders.