Primary cilia play a powerful role in how cells sense their surroundings. They help guide embryo development and ensure ...

A cell protein previously believed only to provide a scaffolding for DNA has also been shown to directly influence DNA transcription into RNA – the first step of the process by which an organism's ...

Hosted by the Department of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Biochemistry, the event is held on a near-annual basis to ...

Researchers have solved part of the mystery of primary cilia, identifying transcription factors that initiate their formation.

A new study led by Stephen D. Nimer, M.D., director of Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, part of the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, shows how a key molecule regulates the ...

In June, Google DeepMind took the wraps off AlphaGenome, its latest machine learning model for biological discovery. While ...

H umans are the only primates that walk on two legs. Scientists believe that their uniquely shaped pelvis, the bones that connect the spine to the legs, makes this possible. However, researchers ...

The research group led by Drs. Mitsuru Arase, Mari Murakami, and Prof. Kiyoshi Takeda (Graduate School of Medicine/ ...

Essentially all cells in an organism's body have the same genetic blueprint, or genome, but the set of genes that are ...

Vanderbilt researchers, including those from the Vanderbilt Brain Institute, have made significant strides in understanding ...