An HIV-derived nucleoside therapy now treats rare genetic diseases by restoring mitochondrial DNA and improving muscle ...

DNA doesn’t just sit still inside our cells — it folds, loops, and rearranges in ways that shape how genes behave.

A large genetic study shows that many people carry DNA sequences that slowly expand as they get older. Common genetic ...

It has been claimed that because most of our DNA is active, it must be important, but now human-plant hybrid cells have been ...

A Northwestern Medicine study has revealed a previously unknown connection between two fundamental cellular processes, ...

A new study from Bar-Ilan University shows that one of sleep's core functions originated hundreds of millions of years ago in ...

In jellyfish and sea anemones, neurons accumulate DNA damage while animals are awake and repair that damage during sleep.

Chemist Anne Lüscher showed at 39C3 how synthetic DNA can be used for data storage and tamper-proof authentication.

Maternal prenatal stress related to natural and human-made disasters can lead to epigenetic modifications in offspring, ...

The U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) is quietly laying the groundwork for the next phase of battlefield identity ...

Across all domains of life, immune defenses foil invading viruses by making it impossible for the viruses to replicate. Most known CRISPR systems target invading pathogens' DNA and chop it up to ...