Every time a cell divides, it must copy its DNA with extraordinary precision. But this process is constantly challenged by ...

The CEO of Caszyme, a biotech company in Vilnius, Lithuania, presented details of Cas12l, a novel compact Cas nuclease with a ...

Gene syntax alters DNA supercoiling to amplify or suppress nearby genes. This could improve the effectiveness of gene ...

Researchers at the Technion have discovered how changes in genetic regulatory sequences can lead to alterations in the form and structure of animals—even when genetic regulatory systems are stable and ...

The former site of Cambridge University’s physics department is now being demolished. Mićo Tatalović is one of the last ...

When a gene is turned on in a cell, it creates a ripple effect along the DNA strand, changing the physical structure of the ...

Every cell in the human body squeezes over six feet of DNA into a miniscule speck invisible to the naked eye—like compressing a whole house into a single sugar cube. In order to fit in a cell and ...

For decades, the origin story of the Japanese people fit neatly into two chapters: the Jomon, ancient hunter-gatherers who ...

Researchers demonstrate DNA-based electronic memory controlled by metal ions, enabling read-write-erase functions on a chip ...

Physicians may one day be able to identify which patients with peripheral artery disease are most likely to develop ...

The "hydrogenobody" is an organelle inside certain microorganisms that live in a special stomach chamber in cattle, sheep and ...

The former mayor of Bucharest's District 5, Marian Vanghelie, was sent to trial by anticorruption (DNA) prosecutors along ...