Researchers repaired what is otherwise irreversible damage in the animals’ ocular neurons, by activating transcription factors ordinarily used to generate induced pluripotent stem cells.

Scientists identify a transcription factor that plays a key role in increased fruit size.

Dropping the transcription factor from the four so-called Yamanaka factors reduces the efficiency of inducing the production of stem cells, but the resulting cells are of greater quality.

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A gene responsible for the free-moving, primitive nature of fetal cells is expressed in some breast cancer cells in mice and humans.

A single transcription factor regulates a harlequin ladybird’s colors.

A double gene-transfer therapy transformed the non-neuronal cells into rod photoreceptors in the retinas of animal models of congenital blindness.

Using different combinations of transcription factors, researchers create a diverse array of neurons from mouse skin cells.

Researchers stumbled across the connection while searching for ways to reduce vision problems in people with achromatopsia.