For more than a century, heredity has been framed through the tidy logic of Mendel’s pea plants: traits pass from parent to ...

PLC, a specialist in synthetic DNA manufacturing and nucleic acids for next-generation therapeutics, announces the commercial ...

Researchers at Cornell University have developed a safer and more precise way to study how genes function in living tissues by refining a recently developed CRISPR-based genetic technique in fruit ...

A one-time gene-editing infusion kept cholesterol levels low for a year, offering a potential new approach to preventing ...

DNA is the blueprint of life. Genes encode proteins and serve as the body's basic components. However, building a functioning organism also requires precise instructions about when, where, and how ...

A new study suggests the APOE2 longevity gene may protect the brain from Alzheimer's by helping neurons repair DNA damage and resist cell aging.

Editing your genes to eliminate bad cholesterol and a new discovery that could change the playbook for Alzheimer's. Here are ...

A new review highlights how human evolution has shaped the presence of pathogenic variations in DNA damage repair (DDR) genes, offering a new perspective on why modern populations face increased ...

Researchers at the Jackson Laboratory (JAX), the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, and Yale University, have used artificial intelligence (AI) to design thousands of new DNA switches that can ...

When it comes to cancer, tumor suppressor genes are usually thought of as the "good guys." These genes make proteins that ...