Unveiling a new chapter in the understanding of human genetics, scientists have discovered a hidden geometric code within our ...

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 ...

Understanding how cells turn genes on and off is one of biology's most enduring mysteries. Now, a new technology developed by chemist Brian Liau and his collaborators at Harvard offers an ...

Researchers at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) have developed some of the first robust laboratory models of a ...

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 ...

Researchers at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia, have uncovered the hidden code governing how genetic mutations affect RNA splicing and result in disease. The researchers were able to ...

Priority Research Communication by Professor Yogesh Dwivedi and colleagues at the University of Alabama at Birmingham reports original, peer-reviewed findings demonstrating that long noncoding RNAs ...

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

In a major scientific breakthrough, researchers have created the first comprehensive genetic resource to identify people at ...

Intracellular living therapeutics convert cellular signals into coordinated healing programs Get small and look inside. I ...

Imagine a single test that can guide your doctor on which medicines will work best for your body, not just today, but for the ...

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