Scientists are hopeful it will improve understanding of how genes work, what goes wrong in disease, and how to fix it.

Researchers have discovered giant DNA structures in oral bacteria, and data hint they could influence the function of your ...

Those silver strands could be an outward sign of the body’s own intricate defences against cancer, a recent study in mice has ...

A better understanding of protein glycosylation offers insights into disease mechanisms and helps improve therapeutic medicines.

Today, a new model is emerging — one that redefines efficiency and intelligence through compactness. Welcome to the age of ...

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

ETH Zurich scientists have created “MetaGraph,” a revolutionary DNA search engine that functions like Google for genetic data. By compressing global genomic datasets by a factor of 300, it allows ...

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

Research from UChicago dissects how a single genetic switch helps butterflies mimic wing patterns of other species to protect ...

The rate of HIV infection continues to climb globally. Around 40 million people live with HIV-1, the most common HIV strain.

Decades of research has viewed DNA as a sequence-based instruction manual; yet every cell in the body shares the same genes – so where is the language that writes the memory of cell identities?