Viral DNA that is usually dismissed when sequencing the human genome could help to uncover useful information about complex ...

There are hundreds of cell types in the human body, each with a specific role spelled out in their DNA. In theory, all it ...

Using single-cell epigenomic profiling of immune cells from 110 individuals, researchers show that genetic variation and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When a zygote begins cell division at a rapid rate, errors happen, and a new study found that base pairs near a gene’s ...

The COVID-19 pandemic gave us tremendous perspective on how wildly symptoms and outcomes can vary between patients ...

David Liu and Richard Merkin of the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, along with Columbia professor Sam Sternberg, have developed a new, targeted means of inserting entire genes into human DNA ...

The lab has developed ultra-small DNA nanodevices that can function inside living cells, illuminating biological processes.

As people age, their immune systems deteriorate. This makes them more susceptible to infections and can mean that vaccines ...

This figure depicts how bridge recombinases have a dual targeting capability that enable these systems to insert new genetic material, delete unwanted regions, or flip existing DNA segments all in a ...

For almost 60 years, scientists have tried to understand why DNA doesn't replicate wildly and uncontrollably every time a ...