It's a common storytelling trope: the stubborn foe who is eventually revealed to be a much-needed friend. Biology has its own ...

The book builds from the basic relationship between promoters, operators and repressors that is at the heart of the decision between bacteriophage lambda's two lifestyles, lysis and lysogeny. The ...

Analyzing stochastic cell-to-cell variability can potentially reveal causal interactions in gene regulatory networks.

From rare diseases to chronic conditions, epigenetic editing unlocks new ways to control gene activity without altering the genetic code.

Monitoring gene activity in the brain just got a major upgrade. Rice University bioengineers have developed a novel serum marker system that can be “erased” in the bloodstream, enabling researchers to ...