Researchers David Page and Adrianna San Roman discovered that human sex chromosomes, particularly the gene pair ZFX and ZFY, regulate a wide range of genes…
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Data for a new gene-function map are available for other scientists to use. “It’s a big resource in the way the human genome is a…
Credit: MIT More than 10 percent of our genome is made up of repetitive, seemingly nonsensical stretches of genetic material called satellite DNADNA, or deoxyribonucleic…
In a new paper, researchers present a method to more efficiently produce biofuels from woody plant materials such as corn residues and some grasses. Credit:…
A collaboration between biologists and physicists suggests that RNA is a feedback regulator of its own production. Low concentrations of RNA lead to the formation…
Phylogenetic trees, starting with an individual cancer cell. Each color represents a different location in the body. A very colorful tree shows a highly metastatic…
Course faculty (left to right): Teaching Assistant Lena Afeyan, Professor Facundo Batista, and Professor Richard YoungCredit: Screenshots courtesy of MIT Department of Biology, graphic by…
Along the genome, proteins form liquid-like droplets that appear to boost the expression of particular genes. In recent years, MIT scientists have developed a new…