With a new generation of fast and affordable gene sequencers, researchers are better equipped than ever to tackle Earth’s ...

( NewsNation) — Tanning beds cause melanoma-linked DNA damage across nearly the entire surface of the skin, a new study found ...

A newly discovered promoter element "start" points to a shared regulatory syntax for controlling transcription initiation in ...

An international team of scientists have identified nine new species of butterflies using a combination of geographical, ...

Microbes are everywhere. They live in our bodies, in soil, in the oceans, and even in the air we breathe. These microscopic ...

To our immune system, a potentially lifesaving gene therapy can look a lot like a dangerous infection. That's because most ...

Scientists from Northwestern Medicine and the University of California, San Francisco have found strong evidence that tanning beds can damage the DNA across the entire skin surface. This damage is ...

A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers this week introduced bills that would require U.S. firms to obtain a license before exporting sequences of synthetic DNA.

Use of tanning beds nearly triples the risk of developing melanoma, and it also damages the DNA of skin cells across the body ...

A tumor-informed ctDNA assay identified MRD in TNBC patients, indicating a 30-fold higher risk of distant recurrence for MRD-positive individuals. The NSABP B-59/GBG 96-GeparDouze trial involved 1550 ...

Blood samples from warm vs. cold Greenland bears reveal genetic patterns that could predict how polar bears respond to ...

DNA is known to keep its form for centuries, and the researchers found that their tape could store data for more than 345 years at room temperature, or about 20,000 years at 32 degrees Fahrenheit (0 ...