By looking at maggots’ genes and metabolic changes, investigators can better predict time of death, the researchers said.

Tiny repeated stretches of DNA in your genome may quietly shape how your body works, how your brain develops and how you ...

The DNA inside our cells is constantly being damaged, and one of the worst kinds of damage is a double-strand break—when both ...

New research published in Nature Communications has linked a normal cellular process to an accumulation of DNA mutations in ...

Scientists have created a live-cell DNA sensor that reveals how damage appears and disappears inside living cells, capturing ...

New Houston Methodist research has revealed that a protein associated with neurodegenerative diseases such as dementia and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) also plays a role in regulating DNA ...

In a world where scientific advancements have often overlooked diversity, Dr. Carika Weldon stands out as a trailblazer, determined to revolutionize genetic research for the Caribbean. As the founder ...

mRNA, widely known from the COVID-19 vaccine, is not actually a "therapeutic agent," but a technology that delivers the ...

NASA astronaut Nick Hague runs an analysis with the miniPCR hardware for Genes in Space-6 during Expedition 59. This experiment explored how space radiation damages DNA and how cells repair that ...

In the past twenty years, major technological advances in extracting and analyzing DNA have transformed the ability to ...

Archaeological evidence from sites like Madjedbebe suggested an arrival date of approximately 65,000 years ago, while genetic analyses consistently pointed to a much more recent timeframe of 47,000 to ...