Researchers at Colorado State University have developed a genetic "toggle switch" to help them control plants in ways that could transform our food supply. Growing crops has become more difficult in a ...

Synthetic biologists design and build new segments of DNA that can then be inserted into living organisms to work like circuits in electronics or a computer. Just as a switch is used to turn a ...

Bowel cancer cells have the ability to regulate their growth using a genetic on-off switch to maximise their chances of survival. Bowel cancer cells have the ability to regulate their growth using a ...

In mammals, only 3% of the genome consists of coding genes which, when transcribed into proteins, ensure the biological functions of the organism and the in-utero development of future individuals.