The tool, called BACDAC, helps researchers identify signs of genomic instability using DNA sequencing that reads the entire ...
Bats achieved true flight through unique evolutionary changes. A new study reveals how bats repurposed existing genes and ...
A rare North American bumble bee may have been on a path toward extinction long before modern human impacts, suggesting that ...
What happens when you squeeze DNA? Can pressure reveal something about how our genetic material is packed, protected, and ...
By shuttling silver and mercury between binding sites in DNA, scientists make the molecule switch conductance levels like a ...
Long interspersed nuclear element-1 (LINE-1 or L1) is the only active, self-copying genetic element in the human genome—comprising about 17% of the genome. It is commonly called a "jumping gene" or ...
Throughout life, our cells are constantly exposed to environmental and internal factors that can damage DNA. While such DNA ...
Circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) — genetic material shed from tumors into the bloodstream — may help risk-stratify patients with ...
Mitochondria are incredible organelles. They not only provide crucial power to our cells, these little machines also have ...
Naked mole-rats seem to have found nature’s cheat code for longevity. Scientists discovered that small tweaks in one of their ...