EMBL researchers created SDR-seq, a next-generation tool that decodes both DNA and RNA from the same cell. It finally opens ...

Scientists found that childhood trauma can change DNA and brain development, leaving long-term biological marks.

Scientists are researching ways to genetically modify plants and animals to be more resistant to threats like climate change.

A spider on the Canary Islands lost half its DNA but gained more genetic variety. Scientists say this changes how we ...

A person who develops age-related diseases earlier in life, or has other biological changes associated with aging (such as ...

Molecular biologists have long believed that the beginning of a gene launched the process of transcription—the process by ...

A new study of the bizarre naked mole rat shows that the animals have evolved a DNA repair mechanism that could explain their ...

It took nearly 50 years to work out the identity of a caribou-like fossil first discovered by construction workers.

The discovery centers on the unique strands of DNA contained within our mitochondria, the power stations of our cells. By ...

An overview of how genetics associated with schizophrenia and bipolar can influence how cells communicate, ultimately ...

What makes every person unique? Part of the answer is in our genes. A gene is a basic unit of heredity, the means by which traits get passed from one generation to the next, and genetics is the study ...

Reporting in Nature, scientists have identified a novel process that protects the ends of chromosomes from incorrectly applied DNA repair. Although DNA repair is a crucial mechanism that can protect a ...