Women who consumed more ultra-processed foods (UPFs) showed distinct DNA methylation patterns, mostly reduced across key gene ...

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 ...

Usually, when a small group of animals becomes isolated on an island, they lose genetic diversity. This puzzling little spider flipped the script.

Edited by Lora Hooper, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX; received March 18, 2025; accepted August 4, 2025 ...

Long dismissed as evolutionary leftovers, segments of DNA once labeled “junk” may now offer a novel way to kill off deadly ...

The RAD52-DNA complex is a dynamic guardian of genomic stability. When this balance falters, cells may either self-destruct or, worse, turn cancerous.

New research from the University of Wisconsin–Madison reveals that dysfunction in a protein essential to maintaining ...

New research from the University of Wisconsin–Madison reveals that dysfunction in a protein essential to maintaining ...

Could yeast and humans be any more different? Going by looks alone, probably not. But peering into our genomes reveals ...

DNA, often called the blueprint of life, is built from four chemical building blocks known as deoxy-nucleoside triphosphates ...

Salk Institute researchers determine the structure of HIV protein during a newly discovered function, enabling the ...