They investigated the interaction of cytoplasm and chromosomes, and demonstrated its relevance in heredity and development. Theodor Boveri: becoming a zoologist. Theodor Boveri was born in the ...

The central dogma of biology defines the flow of genetic information: It describes how proteins are made from mRNA templates, ...

The pathway leading to the telltale sign of ALS, protein aggregation in the cytoplasm of motor neurons, has been revealed.

The study, which McGrath conducted with Yale colleagues, explored a phenomenon of genetics that intrigued him. When a sperm cell fertilizes an egg, the resulting zygote has the genetic information ...

Approximately 5,000 people in the U.S. develop amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) each year. On average, they survive for only two to five years after being diagnosed, according to the Centers for ...

Researchers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and their collaborators have discovered a new way in which RAS genes, ...