WASHINGTON -- The book of genetic instructions for the human body is complete to an accuracy of 99.99 percent, a scientific achievement once deemed impossible but now considered the foundation for a ...

Around 45 percent of human DNA is made up of transposable elements, or TEs—genetic leftovers from now-extinct viruses that scientists once believed to be “junk DNA.” But that view is changing, and a ...

Led by biomedical engineer Vadim Backman, the study reveals that DNA’s 3D physical structure holds a “geometric code” — a system that allows cells to compute, remember and adapt.

All the instructions for making a human being are packed within a surprisingly small number of genes -- only about twice the number needed to grow a worm or a fly -- according to the first detailed ...

WASHINGTON — Now that scientists have published their first examinations of nearly all the human genetic code — the genome — the job of figuring it out and reaping benefits is just beginning. Imagine ...

We are now in the second great wave of the genetic revolution, not defined by reading the human code of life, but by rewriting it.

Researchers have discovered giant DNA structures in oral bacteria, and data hint they could influence the function of your ...