Gene therapy holds the promise of preventing and curing disease by manipulating gene expression within a patient's cells.

Over the past two decades, researchers have learned that DNA inside the cell nucleus naturally folds into a network of ...

Since the dawn of the computer age, researchers have wrestled with two persistent challenges: how to store ever-increasing ...

For decades, biologists have known that the instructions for life are written in DNA, yet the vast majority of those letters seemed to sit in the dark, doing little that was obvious. Now a new ...

Using CRISPR, Hebrew University of Jerusalem team finds PEDS1 enzyme linked to reduced brain size; study maps 331 genes ...

“Burns are a uniquely human injury. No other species lives alongside high temperatures and the regular risk of burning in the ...

Since Jeffrey Epstein’s death in 2019, wave after wave of evidence has put him at the centre of a wide-ranging network of sex ...

A new genetic study has found that residents of Mesa Mani in southern Greece form a unique genetic “island” in Europe, shaped ...

Evolution sounds like a straight climb toward better survival, but fossil records and genetic research show species sometimes ...

Uncovering unexpected family connections can be "life-altering", says Dr Jo-Ann Sparrow, leading to feelings of betrayal and ...

Pawleys Island Police Chief Michael Fanning has been in law enforcement for over two decades, helping to investigate crimes in New York City and South Carolina. But his curiosity in researching his ...