Like modern-day high performance machines, cells are constantly monitoring signals in their environment in order to “decide” on a course of action such as growth or movement. The signals are ...

Findings link genetic variation, through circuit assembly, to animal behavior, paving the way to explore how developmental ...

Many cancer cells can divide indefinitely by flicking on an "immortality switch," a trick most other cell types can't perform. Now, researchers have discovered a way to short-circuit that switch, ...

Researchers have developed a synthetic gene circuit that triggers the body's immune system to attack cancers when it detects signs of the disease. Researchers at MIT have developed a synthetic gene ...