Wanted: Transcriptional Regulators Researchers have designed a screen to find unique molecules, called riboswitches, that determine...

Immune Cell–Stem Cell Cooperation Understanding interactions between the immune system and stem cells could pave the way for successful...

Learning Bioinformatics In today’s data-heavy research environment, wet-lab scientists can benefit from new computational skills. By...

Single Bacterial Species Improves Autism-Like Behavior in Mice Mouse pups born to mothers fed a high-fat diet lack a gut microbe that...

Screening with CRISPR Ever-improving CRISPR-based tools are already ripe for large-scale genetic screens. By Kelly Rae Chi | June 1, 2016...

Generating Cardiac Precursor Cells Researchers derive cardiac precursors form cardiac muscle, endothelial, and smooth muscle cells in...

In Failing Hearts, Cardiomyocytes Alter Metabolism While the heart cells normally burn fatty acids, when things go wrong ketones become...

RNA-Targeting CRISPR Scientists identify a novel CRISPR system that zeroes in on single-stranded RNA. (http://www.the-scientist.com/?arti...

Building Gene Networks Synthetic biologists use natural genetic motifs to construct novel circuits. By Richard A. Muscat | June 1, 2016...

“Human Genome Project-Write” Unveiled A proposal to synthesize entire genomes—the subject of a controversial, invitation-only meeting at...