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

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine alumnus and former faculty member Hamilton O. Smith, M.D., whose 1978 Nobel Prize-winning discovery of restriction enzymes revolutionized genetic ...

Deep within the world's oceans lurk marine bacteria armed with plastic-munching enzymes, their evolution seemingly sculpted ...

Tumors were eradicated in 30% of mice receiving cGAS LNPs injected into the tumor, in combination with immune checkpoint blockade.

It's estimated that nearly 30% of people who try cannabis will go on to develop a substance use disorder associated with it. Strong predictors include how often a person uses it, and whether they have ...

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 ...

Recent studies reveal that Neanderthal gene variants affect how modern humans metabolize medications. Individuals with these gene variants metabolize certain drugs, like blood thinners and ...

RIVERHEAD, N.Y. -- When Maureen Brainard-Barnes' skeletal remains were found hidden in the roadside scrub near Long Island's Gilgo Beach in the winter of 2010, there was hardly any physical evidence ...

It has been 41 years since Darlene Hulse was killed. The cold case unit of the Indiana State Police need your help solving such cases. New DNA technology has rapidly improved over the past 20 years.

FRIPP ISLAND — The Beaufort County Coroner’s Office will use DNA evidence to identify the victim of a weekend fire that destroyed three homes and damaged two others. Local firefighters responded to ...

A former deputy district attorney believes Barry Morphew will try and use an "alternate suspect" defense after being charged with his wife's murder. Morphew was indicted by a grand jury in Colorado on ...