DNA can sustain serious injuries called double strand breaks, in which both strands of the helix snap. These breaks are among ...

When scientists sequenced the first Neanderthal genomes, they did not just resurrect a lost branch of the human family tree, ...

An international research team has identified a human protein, ANKLE1, as the first DNA-cutting enzyme (nuclease) in mammals ...

Wagyu beef’s signature richness has long been treated as a kind of culinary magic, but geneticists are now mapping the ...

The cost of decoding our genetic makeup has plummeted. Just because it’s affordable doesn’t necessarily mean it’s worth doing ...

GC Genome, a leading clinical genomics and liquid biopsy company, announced that its study analyzing cell-free DNA (cfDNA) fragmentation patterns in 1,154 healthy individuals has been published in ...

A groundbreaking new treatment using genome-edited immune cells, developed by scientists at UCL (University College London) ...

A cutting-edge base-edited CAR T-cell therapy is opening a revolutionary new frontier for patients battling aggressive T-cell ...

For thousands of years, an ethnic group in southern China placed their dead in "hanging coffins" fixed onto cliff faces or ...

The Wyss Institute is proud to welcome three new Associate Faculty members: Ahmad (Mo) Khalil, Ph.D., Jarad Mason, Ph.D., and Chao-ting (Ting) Wu, Ph.D. Each has a history of collaborating with the ...

A large Mayo Clinic study shows that current guidelines fail to detect nearly 90% of people with familial ...

The United States DNA polymerase market is projected to reach USD 246.9 million by 2035, supported by rising investments in ...