A joint research team has developed an automated design technology that enables the creation of DNA origami structures that ...

A new algorithm could drive breakthroughs in understanding cancer, Alzheimer's disease and other potentially fatal conditions ...

Scaffolded DNA and RNA origami is a technique that allows scientists to build tiny, highly precise two- and three-dimensional ...

For more than a century, heredity has been framed through the tidy logic of Mendel's pea plants: traits pass from parent to offspring by fixed genetic rules. But a new mouse study suggests that ...

Scientists have long known that the DNA code in genes is not the only way to pass genetic traits from parents to offspring. "Epigenetic" marks—chemical modifications to DNA that don't change the DNA ...

Several cancers can be detected with liquid biopsies. These blood tests often involve capture of cell-free DNA (cfDNA) targets using oligonucleotide probes. The shorter these probes are, the quicker ...

Researchers relied on a newer gene-editing technique that may make it possible to engineer embryos, a prospect that has long alarmed bioethicists. By Carl Zimmer Scientists at Columbia University have ...