Researchers at Kumamoto University have successfully executed a practical trial of a new genome-editing technique that allows ...

POLG-related diseases disrupt the function of the mitochondria, or "powerhouses" of the cell — starving them of energy.

The small study in patients with a rare disorder that causes liver and lung damage showed the potential for precisely ...

Pancreatic cancer’s deadly resilience may be tied to extrachromosomal DNA, which allows tumor cells to rapidly adapt to ...

Shortly after this publication, Bogdanove struck up a collaboration with Daniel Voytas, a plant geneticist at the University ...

The Neolithic period began in southwest Asia around 12,000 years ago. It marked a major shift in human history as societies transitioned from hunting and gathering to farming. This sparked migrations ...

A comprehensive atlas maps DNA methylation across 39 human cell types, revealing a complex landscape of epigenetic regulation.

Gene editing has taken root in plant breeding, leading to numerous advances in plant-based foods. K-State scientists, for ...

For the Liu Lab, necessity is truly the mother of invention. The researchers were examining how the 3D organization of the ...

This was an alarming start to the idea of gene de-extinction. As we know from movies like The Thing, digging up frozen ...

The genetic duplicates, or paralogs, played a crucial role in shaping traits such as flowering time, fruit size, and shape.