Gene therapy holds the promise of preventing and curing disease by manipulating gene expression within a patient's cells.

For decades, biologists have known that the instructions for life are written in DNA, yet the vast majority of those letters seemed to sit in the dark, doing little that was obvious. Now a new ...

Over the past two decades, researchers have learned that DNA inside the cell nucleus naturally folds into a network of ...

Once disregarded as “junk DNA,” scientists now know that this molecular dark matter is crucial for determining gene activity ...

Gene regulation is far more predictable than previously believed, scientists conclude after developing the deep learning ...

In the plant world, when two different species mate, their offspring often don't survive. The reason lies in their DNA: ...

Scientists at Google DeepMind —the company’s artificial intelligence research arm—say they’ve created an A.I. tool that can ...

Scientists analyzing ancient DNA from a 12,000-year-old double burial in southern Italy uncovered genetic evidence of a rare inherited growth disorder in two closely related prehistoric individuals. A ...

An infection with Epstein-Barr virus is a nonevent for most people. But for a subset, the virus can contribute to chronic ...

By Tarun Sai Lomte Blood-based DNA repair and stress-response signals reveal a brief molecular window preceding Parkinson’s ...

DNA from 3,700-year-old bones in a mountain cave in Calabria reveals a family relationship so rare it stands out even in deep ...

A new study has detected a DNA marker in a gene encoding a key enzyme known as cytochrome P450 that helps mosquitoes to break down and survive exposure to pyrethroids, the main insecticides used for ...