Genetics & Molecular Biology

Chronic tissue inflammation is typically associated with obesity and metabolic disease, but new research finds that a level of "healthy" inflammation is necessary to prevent metabolic diseases, such…

Mitochondria are cell organelles located within animal and human cells. They produce energy for the organism, possess their own genetic material - mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) - and are transmitted…

Some basic biology may need revising. It's broadly assumed that cells degrade and recycle their own old or damaged organelles, but researchers writing in PNAS say that some neurons transfer unwanted…

The kidney, unlike its neighbor the liver, was once understood to be a static organ once it had fully developed, but doctors have observed patients with kidney disease experiencing renal regeneration…

In the most comprehensive genetic study of the Mexican population to date, researchers from  Mexico's National Institute of Genomic Medicine (INMEGEN), UC San Francisco and Stanford University,…

Researchers have developed biomaterials for bone regeneration from beer brewing waste. A collaboration among the Mahou and Createch Co., Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM) and the Institute of…

A molecular pathway called mTORC1 controls the conversion of unhealthy white fat into beige fat, an appealing target for increasing energy expenditure and reducing obesity, according to a new study.…

Researchers have found a way to prevent nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, the most common cause of chronic liver disease worldwide, in mice. By blocking a path that delivers dietary fructose to the…

Like blonde hair? You can thank the Kit ligand gene. A single-letter change in the genetic code is enough to generate blond hair in humans, according to a new analysis by Howard Hughes Medical…

Researchers have defined a previously unrecognized genetic cause for two types of birth defects found in newborn boys  "Cryptorchidism and hypospadias are among the most common birth defects but…