The integration of genetic and physical maps was a defining feature of the Human Genome Project. Mapping of the cell's regulatory and signalling networks is now proceeding along highly analogous lines ...

For decades, the dream of fixing harmful mutations in mitochondrial DNA felt out of reach. Scientists have long known these mutations cause serious diseases that pass down only through mothers. They ...

I was very impressed by the energy dependence of intracellular protein breakdown, because proteolysis itself is an exergonic process that does not require energy. I assumed that there was an ...