How did you start thinking about this fundamental question at the heart of the discovery of microRNA, about how cells get the instructions to do what they do? It was well understood that proteins ...

Researchers have discovered how a very large human non-protein coding gene regulates epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT) -- a process that contributes to placental implantation during early ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden announced the honor today. Victor R. Ambros, PhD, and Gary ...

The addition of two particular gene snippets to a skin cell's usual genetic material is enough to turn that cell into a fully functional neuron, according to new research. The finding is one of just a ...

In recent years, a class of small molecules known as microRNA have been found to play an important role in regulating gene products in most animal and plant species. A new study now indicates that ...

WORCESTER, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--RXi Pharmaceuticals Corporation (RXi) [Nasdaq: RXII], today announced that Victor Ambros, Ph.D., Professor of Molecular Medicine at the University of Massachusetts ...

Victor Ambros receives funding from the U.S. National Institutes of Health. The Conversation Weekly podcast caught up with Victor Ambros from his lab at the UMass Chan Medical School to learn more ...

University of South Florida medical researchers applied CRISPR technology to study the function of a very large human non-protein coding gene expressed only in placenta, stem cells and certain cancers ...

STANFORD, Calif. — The addition of two particular gene snippets to a skin cell's usual genetic material is enough to turn that cell into a fully functional neuron, report researchers from the Stanford ...