When cells express specific genes that characterise a certain type of cell we say that a cell has become differentiated. Once a cell becomes differentiated it only expresses the genes that produce the ...

Revising Higher Biology? Check your understanding of cellular differentiation and the structure of the genome with this quiz.

A team of Boston and California laboratories presents compelling evidence that a specific chemical modification or “tag” on messenger RNA is a key player in determining the ability of embryonic stem ...

In two published papers, researchers at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, part of the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, documented their use of a new RNA sequencing technology to ...