A naturally occurring gene called Cyclin A2 (CCNA2), which turns off after birth in humans, can actually make new, functioning heart cells and help the heart repair itself from injury, including a ...

A team of scientists has developed a highly accurate blood test for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. The test reads tiny DNA patterns that reveal the biological signature of the illness. For millions who’ve ...

Scientists have long believed that a universal genetic code serves as a blueprint for all life on Earth, dictating the structure and function of organisms from the simplest bacteria to complex humans.

She had to fight for recognition after a male colleague took credit for her work in identifying an extra chromosome as the ...

The neurologic disease called chronic traumatic encephalopathy or CTE has most often been found in people who experienced ...

Using single-cell RNA sequencing and genetic screening, the researchers identified key surface proteins that mediate ...

Ribosomes are the cell's protein factories, which read the genetic code and assemble the proteins that every organism needs to live. But as far as how ribosomes themselves were formed, tantalizingly ...

Ribosomes are the cell's protein factories, which read the genetic code and assemble the proteins that every organism needs ...

Scientists have long thought of DNA as an instruction manual written in the four- chemical bases—A, C, T, and G—that make up the genetic code. The prevailing belief was that by decoding these ...

A genetic study of canines living in Chernobyl's Exclusion Zone separates myth from a potential breakthrough in understanding ...

From CRISPR to gene banking, synthetic biology has big implications for wildlife evolution and conservation, but ethical ...

A Brownsburg couple accused of physically abusing their daughter has filed a federal lawsuit, accusing state child welfare ...