This is an important and solid study that examines the role of TFAM, a protein that helps maintain mtDNA, in mtDNA mutator mice. The authors have demonstrated that TFAM's counteractive role in mtDNA ...

A new study has discovered in mouse models that genes associated with repairing mismatched DNA are critical in eliciting damages to neurons that are most vulnerable in Huntington's disease and ...

A team led by University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health geneticists has shown, for the first time, that a gene ...

A 70-year-old man has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 21 years for the 2013 murder of retired postmistress Una ...

After paternity tests proved that he was not the father of the two children, the man left his wife and remarried without ...

Cancer cells have special adaptation mechanisms that allow them to proliferate despite changes in their genetic makeup.

Here we review current models of the mechanisms that cause copy number variation. Non-homologous end-joining mechanisms are well known, but recent models focus on perturbation of DNA replication ...

Researchers find a master epigenetic switch that activates silenced genes to compensate for their missing counterparts in a ...

How soon will mammoths appear in zoos, and is it ethical to create copies of ourselves?Bloomberg has recently reported that the startup ...

What may be the first commercially available book saved in DNA is the latest example of how consumers might use molecular data storage.

A new UCLA Health study has discovered in mouse models that genes associated with repairing mismatched DNA are critical in ...