The effect of saccharin on the microbiome has received much attention, but its impact on pathogenic bacterial species is less ...

Northwestern Medicine scientists have uncovered new details about the genetic structure of ovarian cancer stem cells, ...

Half of the human beings alive today are descended from the Yamnaya culture, a group that lived in what is now Ukraine 5,000 years ago, according to new DNA research led by David Reich, a geneticist ...

The small study in patients with a rare disorder that causes liver and lung damage showed the potential for precisely targeted infusions. By Gina Kolata Researchers have corrected a disease ...

Transposons, or "jumping genes"—DNA segments that can move from one ... For one, inserting at the end of the chromosome helps the transposon avoid genes for the cell's core functioning, which ...

In a surprise, work in mice has found that the dormant X chromosome in females can reawaken late in life and turn on genes that keep the brain healthy. UCSF researchers may have discovered how the ...

Department of Mechanical Science and Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana, ...

The woman provided a DNA sample, which was compared to Reyes' father's DNA. The comparison confirmed "that the woman who reached out is, in fact, the nearly two-year-old girl kidnapped in October ...

Females carry two X chromosomes. One of them is ensconced in a corner in the cell called the Barr body, where it can't express many genes, and scientists thought it didn't do much of anything.

Many of us will be noticing condensation on our windows as we try and cut down on the amount of time we have our heating on for this year. Condensation can damage your windows and furniture, and it ...

A research team has identified NEAT1, a long non-coding RNA, as a key player in DNA repair. This discovery links RNA metabolism to genome stability and opens up potential new cancer treatments. Credit ...