MIT engineers develop a new system for precise control of synthetic gene expression, potentially advancing gene therapy.

The nucleoside analog 5-aza-2′-deoxycytidine (5-aza-CdR, decitabine) is a potent inhibitor of DNA methylation in vitro. Cellular treatment with this agent induces the re-expression of ...

For decades, synthetic biologists have been developing gene circuits that can be transferred into cells for applications such ...

The genome inside each of our cells is modelled by tension and torsion -- due in part to the activity of proteins that compact, loop, wrap and untwist DNA -- but scientists know little about how those ...

A research team at Nagoya University in Japan has developed an innovative system that can accurately detect genetic mutations in the brain within just 25 minutes. Unlike conventional genetic analysis ...