The tool, called BACDAC, helps researchers identify signs of genomic instability using DNA sequencing that reads the entire ...

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 ...

Naked mole-rats seem to have found nature’s cheat code for longevity. Scientists discovered that small tweaks in one of their ...

He showed that specialized cells retain the genes to form an organism.

Researchers at the University of North Carolina have created microscopic soft robots shaped like flowers that can change shape and behavior in response to their surroundings, just like living ...

Scientists sampled tiny bone fragments sealed inside several Pompeii casts and tested DNA and isotopes to ask, and answer, ...

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

CODIS, which stands for “Combined DNA Index System,” is a database consisting of DNA from convicted offenders, unsolved crime ...

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have discovered how cells can adjust their gene activity to survive when oxygen runs low ...