Researchers stimulated human neurons and tracked gene activity. Activation exposed hidden variants and epigenetic changes ...

A team of scientists from the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute, Wayne State University and institutions across the U.S.

Unlike computer code that sits on a device and does what it's told, lab-engineered genes can multiply on their own. While ...

The discovery of all five nucleobases on Ryugu strengthens the idea that life’s molecular ingredients formed in space before ...

Doctors take a sample of the baby’s blood, usually by pricking its heel, and test for proteins and other markers associated with illnesses such as sickle-cell anemia or cystic fibrosis. The most ...

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Professor Jason Chin, founder and Chief Scientific Office of Cambridge-based Constructive Bio, has won the 2026 Heinrich ...

A handful of start-up firms are testing therapies that target specific epigenetic markers to treat everything from high ...

Nadine and David Lipworth have devoted their lives to finding treatment that will restore the daughter they knew.

Could a viral infection you experience today cause mental health disorders for generations of your descendants? Absolutely.

Researchers have spent decades—and billions of dollars—sequencing animal and crop genomes, but fungi have historically been the forgotten middle child of genomics, only noticed when they're ruining ...

The US Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) has developed new portable field devices that will allow soldiers to identify unknown ...