Trends in Genetics is the most established monthly journal in Genetics, with articles covering all aspects of the field with a special focus on integrative and system approaches. Each issue contains concise, lively and up-to-date Reviews and Opinions. Reviews are invited from leading researchers in a specific field and objectively chronicle recent and important developments, while Opinions provide a forum for debate and hypothesis.
Aging may be less about specific "aging genes" and more about how long a gene is. Many of the changes associated with aging could be occurring due to decreased expression of long genes, say researchers in an opinion piece ...
Mar 21, 2024
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The generation of chimeric RNAs had been identified as an exclusive feature of cancer cells, with chimeric RNAs being recognized as biomarkers and drug targets for different cancers. Recent studies, however, revealed the ...
Nov 1, 2021
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Dogs may be man's best friend, but cats may hold critical keys to humans' health.
Jul 30, 2021
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In a paper published in the May 13th, 2021 issue of PLOS Genetics, a Z-RNA nanoswitch that regulates interferon immune responses is described. The switch, less than 5 nanometer in length, is based on sequences, called flipons, ...
May 13, 2021
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What determines the life span of a mouse, alligator, dog or human? A team of scientists at the University of Georgia believes they have new insight into this age-old question.
Sep 7, 2020
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Women get autoimmune diseases, such as multiple sclerosis, lupus and rheumatoid arthritis eight times more than men do. On the other hand, women have a smaller risk of getting non-reproductive cancers such as melanoma, colon, ...
Jun 12, 2019
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Autism and cancer share more than 40 risk genes, suggesting that common mechanisms underlying the functions of some of these genes could conceivably be leveraged to develop therapies not just for cancer but for autism as ...
May 3, 2016
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Research funded by children's charity Action Medical Research has uncovered new gene variants in startle disease, a rare condition in newborn babies. Understanding the genetic causes should lead to new genetic tests and is ...
May 30, 2013
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DNA databases might help identify victims of crime and human trafficking, but how do we safeguard the personal privacy of innocent victims and family members? A new report online May 15 in the Cell Press journal Trends in ...
May 15, 2013
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Human intelligence and behavior require optimal functioning of a large number of genes, which requires enormous evolutionary pressures to maintain. A provocative hypothesis published in a recent set of Science and Society ...
Nov 12, 2012
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