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

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 ...

Tested in animal models of acute myeloid leukemia, the new nanomedicine was dramatically more effective while also less toxic ...

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

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

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.

A poorly characterized protein, historically thought to be a chaperon or enzyme, may actually be a key player in prostate ...

A new company, Nucleus Genomics, recently announced a whole new program of genetic testing. It is way past anything that you ...

Everyone knows that the fall brings flu season, replete with aches, pains and a new version of the vaccine. But why is cold ...

Experts have finally uncovered a 'big bang' moment which determines how bowel cancer will grow, in landmark research ...

IN THE northernmost reaches of the globe, beneath thick sea ice, a bowhead whale can live for over two hundred years.These whales spend their winters in the depths of the ocean, coming up to breathe ...