The genome has thousands of genes that code for proteins, which help carry out many of the cell's important functions. But ...

A new study offers new insights into the evolution of foldable proteins. A new study led by Rice University's Peter Wolynes offers new insights into the evolution of foldable proteins. The research ...

Genes are the building blocks of life, and the genetic code provides the instructions for the complex processes that make organisms function. But how and why did it come to be the way it is? "We find ...

Not all parts of our genetic code are equal, even when they appear to say the same thing. Scientists have discovered that ...

The genetic code for the human brain is much more complex than we realised, with some genes potentially encoding tens or even hundreds of different proteins. The finding comes from the first ...

Transcription and translation are processes a cell uses to make all proteins the body needs to function from information stored in the sequence of bases in DNA. The four bases (C, A, T/U, and G in the ...

Students model how scientists use DNA microarrays to determine levels of gene expression in breast cancer patients, and then choose treatments based on what they learn. Normal-functioning DNA codes ...

In many cases, one gene can produce multiple versions of a protein. Rare diseases may present differently in people for whom one or more versions of the protein are still produced versus in people for ...

A new study led by Rice University’s Peter Wolynes offers new insights into the evolution of foldable proteins. The research was published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.