Life Sciences Center (LSC) have discovered a unique way for cells to silence specific genes without cutting DNA. This ...

In recent years, scientists have created a range of new methods based on CRISPR-Cas technology for precisely editing the ...

Under this two-hit model, Brugge says, one normal copy of BRCA1 ought to be able to carry out DNA repair even when the other ...

Genes contain instructions for making proteins, and a central dogma of biology is that this information flows from DNA to RNA to proteins. But only two percent of the human genome actually encodes ...

The familial trend, it turned out, was linked to a genetic mutation. That meant Bill might also be at risk for the disease.

Nearly all birds with bright red, orange, and yellow feathers or bills use a group of pigments called carotenoids to produce ...

New research reveals how parrots and finches develop their extraordinary colours – and shows that evolution is an ongoing ...

The Earth BioGenome Project seeks to genetically profile over a million plants, animals, and fungi as they build an atlas of ...

DNA editing makes permanent changes to a person’s genome and ... make mRNA vaccines to treat COVID-19 and the ...

Experts have revealed the origins of a unique DNA duplication mechanism that grants plants additional ways to control genetic instructions.

A study described the three-dimensional architecture of turtle genomes, which fold in a configuration unlike any other animal observed so far.