Emerging gene editing platforms are revolutionizing precision medicine, enabling safe and effective genetic modifications for ...

Our parents' genes, even the ones we didn't inherit, leave a measurable lasting imprint on our lives. An international team ...

Researchers relied on a newer gene-editing technique that may make it possible to engineer embryos, a prospect that has long ...

Scientists discovered a new gene family on the Y chromosome of deer mice, challenging the belief that the chromosome only ...

For decades, biologists treated DNA as a static string of letters, a linear code that cells read like text on a page. A new wave of research is forcing a rethink, showing that the three-dimensional ...

Typically, the information encoded in DNA allows organisms to develop, function, and pass traits across generations. Yet DNA ...

A major mouse study found that some inherited traits are passed down through epigenetic changes that break the classic rules ...

Sloths are the slowest mammals on the planet, but living in dense jungles has made them notoriously difficult to study. For ...

DNA is often called the blueprint of life, but what does that really mean? Elizabeth Worthey, Ph.D., associate professor, Department of Genetics in the Heersink School of Medicine, explains everything ...

It’s in vaping’s DNA. Initially marketed as a safer alternative to traditional cigarettes, electronic cigarettes carry some ...