A stretch of viral DNA in the mouse genome gives cells in early-stage embryos the potential to become almost any cell type in ...

Researchers discover a unique genetic code in Antarctic archaea that encodes a rare amino acid, potentially advancing protein ...

A new CRISPR breakthrough shows scientists can turn genes back on without cutting DNA, by removing chemical tags that act ...

Scientists have recovered a sample of DNA from a Leonardo da Vinci drawing that could belong to the Renaissance polymath.

DNA doesn’t just sit still inside our cells — it folds, loops, and rearranges in ways that shape how genes behave.

A new study from Bar-Ilan University shows that one of sleep's core functions originated hundreds of millions of years ago in ...

A centuries-old sketch may be holding more than artistic secrets—it might carry traces of Leonardo da Vinci himself. A team ...

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

The lab, which expands upon an effort by UCSD and Scripps Research, will use wastewater analysis to detect flu, COVID and RSV ...

It has been claimed that because most of our DNA is active, it must be important, but now human-plant hybrid cells have been ...

The platypus is one of evolution's lovable, oddball animals. The creature seems to defy well-understood rules of biology by ...