Studying the roles of specific genes or gene networks in cells is fundamental to biology research. Gene expression is dynamic and tightly regulated; to understand it, one needs approaches that enable ...

A new way to artificially control muscles using light, with the potential to restore function to muscles paralyzed by conditions such as motor neuron disease and spinal cord injury, has been developed ...

For decades, drug developers have followed a familiar playbook: isolate a disease-causing protein, develop a biochemical assay, find molecules that bind to it, and then hope those compounds work in ...

Scientists have developed a novel protein evolution approach dubbed optovolution that uses light to guide the evolution of proteins with dynamic, multi-state, and computational functions based on ...