For decades, biology textbooks taught that DNA’s story could be told with a single image: two elegant strands twisting in a ...

Tatiana Schlossberg, President John F. Kennedy's granddaughter, has died. Here's what to know about acute myeloid leukemia ...

A new CRISPR approach can control genes without cutting DNA, opening a safer path for treating genetic diseases. A newly ...

Even as humpbacks rebound in number, their genomes reveal a loss of genetic diversity and a buildup of harmful mutations left ...

For decades, biology has relied on one central assumption: the genetic code is precise. DNA is transcribed into RNA, RNA is ...

Donald Trump's administration is turning immigration screening into the backbone of a DNA surveillance system that reaches ...

Scientists engineered stem cells with “interrupted” CAG repeats to break up the toxic stretch. This may stop expansion, and could improve problems in cells that model Huntington’s disease. This study ...

Researchers have identified elusive DNA switches in brain support cells that influence genes tied to Alzheimer’s disease. When people think about DNA, they often picture genes that determine our ...

Scientists discover Bronze Age plague DNA in 4,000-year-old sheep remains, shedding light on how ancient diseases spread ...

Researchers have revealed that so-called “junk DNA” contains powerful switches that help control brain cells linked to ...

Inside USD -- The English alphabet has 26 letters, but until recently the genetic alphabet had four — adenine (A), guanine (G), cytosine (C) and thymine (T). However, Tammy Dwyer, USD professor of ...

This article looks at some of the latest developments in biotech letters, exploring how new tools are helping us solve big problems and what it takes to get these ideas out of the lab and into the ...