Research into transcription factors deepen understanding of the 'language' of the genome, offering insights into human development.

Bioinformaticians from Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (HHU) and the university in Linköping (Sweden) have established ...

23andMe, which provides medical and ancestry-related genetic testing ... Despite collecting DNA from saliva samples from more than 15 million customers, the company hasn’t been profitable ...

Genetic testing, also known as DNA testing, involves obtaining DNA from a sample of cells in your body to identify specific genes, chromosomes, or proteins, including those that are faulty (known as ...

Last year, Penn Medicine did the first successful external liver perfusion using a gene-edited pig liver. Blood in a brain-dead patient circulated through a pig’s liver that was outside the ...

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The new study reveals a remarkable way that cells keep us safe from transposable elements (TEs) gone wild. The researchers found that cells have taken advantage of an entire protein network to repress ...

There are two maternal lineages, namely lineage A and lineage B, which reveals the complex evolutionary history and genetic background of the Huang-Huai goat. Research on mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) has ...

This genetic reunion, occurring roughly 300,000 years ago, resulted in one group contributing 80% of modern human DNA, while the other provided the remaining 20%. These findings suggest human ...

But to date this technology — which allows scientists to use a “guide” RNA to modify DNA sequences and evaluate the effects — is able to target, delete, replace, or modify only single gene sequences ...

Billions of years ago, evolution stumbled upon DNA as a storage medium. There would be several advantages to translating a computer’s ones and zeros into the bases of genetic material (A ...

The original Gene line-up have reunited and announced their first live show in over 20 years. Read NME‘s interview with frontman Martin Rossiter below, where he discusses what to expect from the ...