The only remaining autonomous 'jumping gene' can only attach to, and stitch a copy of itself into, DNA when it builds up into large clusters and only as cells divide.

Viruses are known to use the genetic machinery of the human cells they invade to make copies of themselves. As part of the ...

Although the wooly mammoth is something out of the Natural History Museum, an American biotechnology company is currently attempting to de-extinct animals once thought lost to time. Colossal ...

The genes of male and female placentas have marked differences in how they are expressed, according to a study by researchers ...

Scientists found a compound that appears to counter common mutations behind POLG-related diseases, rare conditions that harm ...

Virginia Tech researchers discovered a gene mutation in bed bugs linked to pesticide resistance and were the first to ...

Researchers have discovered how telomeres (the protective caps at the end of chromosomes) help prevent abnormal genetic ...

Burslem’s team used the editors to make changes in five different proteins in live cells. The protein editors needed less ...

DNA-based NIPT: safe, accurate, and cost-effective screening for fetal chromosomal disorders, now part of public health ...

Use precise geolocation data and actively scan device characteristics for identification. This is done to store and access ...

(NEPC). The findings enhance the understanding of the treatment of androgen receptor functions in NEPC. Neuroendocrine prostate cancer (NEPC) arises primarily through neuroendocrine ...

This is an important study utilizing innovative CRISPR based approaches demonstrating the role of the KLF family of transcription factors in the post natal maturation of cortical projection neurons.