A new map finds that genetic regulatory elements account for 80 percent of our DNA.

An international collaboration between research teams from Saudi Arabia, Japan and the UK has led researchers to link genes to their function in malaria parasites within 14 to 18 weeks of starting the ...

Researchers at the University of Minnesota have identified infection-fighting and inflammation-suppressing functions for a gene associated with human autoimmune disease.

The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases has awarded the University of Chicago $4.4 million over five years to study genes of unknown function in bacteria that cause plague and ...

The knockout mouse project (KOMP) will provide cumulative information about the genome of mouse knockouts for the generation of a repository.

Neuroscientists say they have found a new function for the SYNGAP1 gene, a DNA sequence that controls memory and learning in mammals, including mice and humans.