Today, scientists are using the RNAi mechanism to learn more about what particular genes do and how to alter their function. Determining gene function is a relatively simple matter of inserting double-stranded RNA molecules that have a particular sequence into cells and observing the effects after RNAi silences the corresponding ...

Gene that helps regulate fat storage discovered at Roswell Park Cancer Institute.

Gene mapping is helping scientists get closer to personalizing the fight against leukemia. Researchers have discovered when a certain gene is present, it's a strong predictor of how well some patients will respond to treatment.