Major depression is not only a crisis of mood, it is also a crisis of biology that reshapes the brain itself. As genetic tools sharpen, scientists are now tracing how inherited risk for depression is ...

DeepMind’s AlphaGenome AI model could help solve the problem of predicting how variations in noncoding DNA shape gene ...

Scientists at IOCB Prague are uncovering new details of gene transcription. They have identified a previously unknown ...

Once disregarded as “junk DNA,” scientists now know that this molecular dark matter is crucial for determining gene activity ...

Every time a cell divides, it must copy its entire genome so that each daughter cell inherits a complete set of DNA. During that process, enzymes known as polymerases race along the DNA to copy its ...

Caltech researchers have invented a new technology to write long sequences of DNA with groundbreaking accuracy. The invention, a method called Sidewinder, utilizes the conceptual equivalent of page ...

By cleverly combining new techniques for analysing DNA at the level of individual molecules, we can achieve real breakthroughs in research into ...

Researchers from Carnegie Mellon University have discovered a way to target RNA that could lead to new treatment options for ...

The brains at Google DeepMind in London have developed a new artificial intelligence (AI) tool that can accurately predict ...