Much of our work uses a specific group of genes – the Hox genes – which encode an evolutionary conserved family of transcription factors required for the correct formation and function of the nervous ...

A recent paper provides an updated perspective on the evolutionary history of chelicerates—a diverse and ecologically ...

Dec. 10, 2024 — In a single IV injection, a gene therapy targeting cBIN1 can reverse the effects of heart failure and restore heart function in a large animal model. The therapy increases the ...

Pattern formation is the developmental process by which cells acquire different identities, depending on their relative spatial positions within the embryo. Pattern formation ensures that tissues ...

Gene regulation refers to the mechanisms that act to induce or repress the expression of a gene. These include structural and chemical changes to the genetic material, binding of proteins to ...