Most cells in the human body each contain about six feet of DNA. Yet the nucleus, where DNA is coiled, is no larger than a ...

Advancements in mRNA vaccine technology are reshaping medicine, addressing challenges and expanding applications from ...

Most cancer genome studies have focused on mutations in the tumor itself and how such gene variants allow a tumor to grow unchecked. A new study takes a deep dive into inherited cancer mutations ...

According to US dietary guidelines, having even low amounts of alcohol, less than a single drink a day, is linked to ...

Even the occasional cocktail or glass of wine can be harmful to your health, raising your risk of multiple diseases, ...

The biological research of UC Santa Cruz’s Needhi Bhalla to determine the molecular motions at the heart of heredity has ...

The recombination between parental chromosomes, a characteristic of sexual reproduction, plays a crucial role in evolution.

Mutations in this sequence cause thousands of human diseases, yet until recently, gene editing could only fix a limited number ... making it most useful to disrupt rather than correct genes, while the ...

Discover how an emerging technology called tRNA therapy could become the next big thing in genetic disease treatment.

Scientists at the University of Toronto studying the hermaphroditic worm Caenorhabditis elegans found that amyloid-like ...

Scientists found that dormant viral genes can be reactivated in kidney cancer, prompting an immune response, offering new ...

RAPID-CRISPR test quickly and accurately diagnoses acute promyelocytic leukemia, a rare and aggressive blood cancer, with ...