Understanding how cells turn genes on and off is one of biology's most enduring mysteries. Now, a new technology developed by ...

Investigators at Weill Cornell Medicine have developed a versatile and non-toxic technology for controlling the activity of ...

Our experiences leave traces in the brain, stored in small groups of cells called engrams. Engrams are thought to hold the ...

Because the new method can replace a large stretch of defective DNA with a healthy sequence, the same retron-based package can fix any combination of mutations within that stretch of DNA without ...

Discovered around 70 years ago, the Dead Sea Scrolls continue to be an enigma. An international team of researchers has recently introduced a novel DNA-based technique aimed at decoding them. The Dead ...

Faulty versions of the LMNA gene can cause a wide range of health problems, including heart muscle disease (dilated cardiomyopathy) and muscle weakness (muscular dystrophies). Many of these diseases ...