Every cell in the body has the same DNA, but different cell types—such as muscle or brain cells—use different parts of it.

Unveiling a new chapter in the understanding of human genetics, scientists have discovered a hidden geometric code within our ...

Smith, a microbiologist whose discovery revolutionize the field of genetic engineering, was a Johns Hopkins School of ...

TAPS+ enables simultaneous detection of methylation and genetic variants, unlocking new insights for precision oncology and translational research. Preserves DNA integrity in challenging clinically ...

Michael Buck, PhD, professor of biochemistry in the Jacobs School, recently received NIH funding to explore how molecular readers of DNA access and activate seemingly hidden genes.

People looking to lose weight and lower their blood sugar may someday be able to get a single injection that turns their ...

Although heart cells and skin cells contain identical instructions for creating proteins encoded in their DNA, they're able ...

DNA shines a light back into the past, showing us things that fossils can't. But how far back can that light extend? Some of the oldest DNA sequences come from mastodon and polar bear fossils about 50 ...

Sections of DNA once dismissed as dormant and useless could in fact be recruited to fight certain types of drug-resistant ...

A newly discovered protein from Earth's toughest animal is inspiring breakthrough therapies for cancer and cardiovascular disease.

It’s a little after 6:30 on a brisk July morning in a stone hut high in the Italian Alps. A gently hissing wood fire is ...

Late last year, dozens of researchers spanning thousands of miles banded together in a race to save one baby boy’s life. The result was a world first: a cutting-edge, gene-editing therapy fashioned ...