Every time a cell copies its DNA, parts of the genome are exposed and vulnerable to damage or errors. Molecular biologist ...

A research team led by the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) has revealed how the genome is reorganized in 3D during ...

If you are anything like us, whenever you plan a journey, you spend a remarkable amount of time thinking about the start and ...

Accurate RNA splicing is essential for gene expression and human health, yet predicting how DNA sequence variations affect ...

In just a few decades, DNA sequencing technologies evolved from slow, manual processes to rapid, automated ones, making ...

Scientists have uncovered thousands of bacterial DNA fragments hidden inside cockroaches for millions of years. The ...

Over the past decade, researchers at WashU Medicine have established that a molecule called SARM1 is a central trigger in the loss of axons, the vital wiring of the nervous system. Axon loss is ...

Deep within tropical forests, sloths move at a pace that seems almost frozen in time. Their slow movements, low energy use, ...

Our genetic heritage is not a blueprint or an algorithm, as many biologists have imagined, but something else entirely.

Base editing, the process used to make the changes, only nicks one strand of DNA, avoiding the major DNA errors that made ...