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

An international research team led by Hiroki Shibuya at RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research (BDR) in Japan has ...

We have written about the promise of gene therapy to correct genetic disease many times. An exciting development happened ...

The Fast-Twitch Gene You Didn't Know You Had Your DNA might be giving you an edge or could be holding you back. The ACTN3 ...

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.

Humans and bananas do share DNA, but not 70% as commonly claimed. Every living thing has a built-in instruction manual called ...

In a world first, a bespoke gene-editing therapy benefited one child. Now researchers plan to launch a clinical trial of the approach ...

Recent research has uncovered a fascinating mechanism in the nematode worm C. elegans that could have profound implications ...

Modern genetic studies show that up to 4% of human DNA comes from Neanderthals—and some of those ancient genes affect how our ...

King’s College London researchers discovered that parts of our DNA once thought to be “junk” can actually help destroy cancer ...

Smith, a microbiologist whose discovery revolutionize the field of genetic engineering, was a Johns Hopkins School of Medicine alumnus and professor emeritus ...

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