Broad Institute researchers have developed a way to edit the genetic sequences at the root of Huntington's disease and ...

The image illustrates the structure of a potassium ion channel including the cytosolic domain (CTD), colored cyan, which is ...

Mice genetically engineered to lack the ability to make the amino acid cysteine, and fed a cysteine-free diet, lost 30 percent of their body weight in just one week, a new study shows.

Researchers have developed an innovative method for cultivating a prevalent gut fungus, Fusarium foetens, which can reverse progression of the chronic metabolic liver disease in mice. Metabolic ...

It's a bit Frankenstein in nature, but researchers at NYU Grossman School of Medicine genetically altered mice to stop ...

A new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences has revealed that mice spontaneously help ...

New studies show that astrocytes, long thought to be support cells in the brain, are crucial intermediaries for relaying messages to neurons.

The lack of animal models that mimic human disease impedes the study of many pathologies that still lack treatment beyond symptom relief. This is what has happened so far with PURA syndrome, a rare ...

Scientists working at the NIH’s BRAIN Initiative have created new viral vectors that one day could lead to gene therapies for ...