One of the newly discovered sequence variants is in a gene that codes for the FLT3 receptor (fms-related tyrosine kinase 3) on blood cells and immune cells, and is of large interest for several ...

Scientists identify the possible mechanism by which the APOE4 gene variant increases risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Brain cells of AD patients with APOE4 variant found to contain ...

A basic requirement for growth and life of a multicellular organism is the ability of its cells to divide. Chromosomes in the cells duplicate and are then distributed among the daughter cells. This ...

In a scientific breakthrough, researchers at the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad, have determined the function of certain elements, called simple sequence repeats or ...