Repositioning genes awakens fetal hemoglobin to treat disease. CRISPR editing may change future gene therapy. Researchers ...

Every day, our bodies perform around 330 billion cell divisions to keep us alive and functioning. These divisions rely on the ...

Chunks of flipped DNA appear to accelerate evolution in fish. This discovery could reshape our understanding of how ...

For centuries, the genius of Leonardo da Vinci has captivated historians, scientists, and artists alike. Known for his ...

Scientists identified 473 human genes that act as genetic “on/off switches,” shaping disease risk through tissue-specific or ...

Some of the most harmful genetic changes in cancer are also the hardest to see. These structural alterations, deep within a ...

Cold sore-causing HSV-1 doesn't just hijack cells it reconfigures the entire architecture of our DNA to aid its invasion.

Using nuclear magnetic resonance, the binding site for five compounds has been mapped to a common locus at the C-terminal end of the LytTR domain, a site known to be important for DNA binding activity ...

A major global study tested whether European-derived polygenic risk scores (PGS) for Alzheimer’s disease can predict risk ...

Edited by Solomon H. Snyder, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, and approved June 4, 2019 (received for review January 14, 2019) ...

This study provides important findings on the neural circuits underlying dishabituation of the olfactory avoidance response in Drosophila. The data as presented provide solid evidence that the ...