A new resource from the Gene Ontology Consortium, a comprehensive encyclopedia of the known functions of all protein-coding human genes, has been completed and released on a new website. For the first ...

CAR T cells are patient-derived, genetically engineered immune cells. They are "living drugs" and constitute a milestone in ...

The 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded for the development of CRISPR/Cas9, a method also known as "gene scissors," which enables researchers to better understand how human cells function and ...

Scientists have now created an encyclopedia of gene function for all known human genes that code for protein. This data uses the most current and reliable data, and it has also been released on a ...

Tiny tweaks in DNA folding can have big effects. A study from Umeå University shows that even the most subtle changes in ...

Researchers from Mass General Brigham and the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard have identified genetic modifications that ...

A team led by scientists at Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, and the Broad Institute of MIT and ...

Gene-set analysis seeks to identify the biological mechanisms underlying groups of genes with shared functions. Large language models (LLMs) have shown promise in generating functional descriptions ...

Patients with potentially blinding retinitis pigmentosa recover retinal sensitivity 3 years after receiving a gene therapy ...

Turning genes on and off is like flipping a light switch, controlling whether genes in a cell are active. When a gene is ...