After nearly 40 years, a new study has found that children of Chernobyl workers have mutations within their DNA ...

Genetic studies now identify millions of variants across human populations, yet most disease-associated signals fall outside protein-coding regions. This ...

In India, rare diseases are not so rare. It is estimated that around 70 million Indians live with one of more than 7,000 rare ...

This study reports an important and novel finding that TENT5A, an enzyme involved in fine-tuning poly(A) tail length on selected mRNAs, is required for proper enamel mineralization in mice. The ...

For the first time, researchers have succeeded in developing an artificial DNA base pair that is based on a different ...

Researchers from the University of Bonn have shown that children of cleanup workers at the power plant have an increased ...

Researchers from the University of Bonn have shown that children of cleanup workers at the power plant have an increased ...

Mitochondria possess their own mRNA translation system, mediated by specialized mitoribosomes. Dysregulation of mitochondrial translation disrupts metabolic homeostasis and is linked to various ...

The idea of self-amplifying gene editing is to get cells to pass on packages of CRISPR machinery to their neighbours, boosting the effect ...

James “Jim” William Codding Jr., 70, was born in Santa Rosa in 1955 and a lifelong resident of Sonoma County. After retiring from his long career in construction and carpentry, Jim devoted his time to ...

Every time a cell divides, it must copy its entire genome so that each daughter cell inherits a complete set of DNA. During that process, enzymes known as polymerases race along the DNA to copy its ...

A Purdue University team has discovered a new therapeutic target for triple-negative breast cancer. The research, led by Kyle Cottrell, an assistant professor of biochemistry, spotlights ...