Although heart cells and skin cells contain identical instructions for creating proteins encoded in their DNA, they're able ...

Ribonucleic acid (RNA) is one of life's most versatile molecules, with roles going far beyond being a messenger of genetic ...

Researchers at the University Hospital Bonn (UKB) and the University of Bonn have discovered how a small, naturally occurring ...

Ribonucleic acid (RNA) is central to gene regulation, but accurately simulating its folding is a long-standing challenge in computational biology. In a recent study, Associate Professor Tadashi Ando ...

Researchers at The Institute of Cancer Research have found a dual genetic test is more accurate than the traditional approach in identifying multiple myeloma patients who may be at an elevated risk of ...

The rings of DNA inside mitochondria are inaccessible to these techniques, which means that precise edits to mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) remain frustratingly out of reach. “Mitochondria missed the ...

A new RNA biotech has risen with a $200 million series A in the tank and a team of seasoned biotech chefs ready to light the burners. Soufflé Therapeutics will cook up siRNA medicines that are ...

Faulty versions of the LMNA gene can cause a wide range of health problems, including heart muscle disease (dilated cardiomyopathy) and muscle weakness (muscular dystrophies). Many of these diseases ...

A Suffolk judge has granted a request from twice-convicted murderer John Bittrolff to compare DNA from accused serial killer Rex A. Heuermann to unknown DNA found at one of Bittrolff's crime scenes in ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — The remains of a central Ohio man found dead in Franklin County over 35 years ago has been identified thanks to forensic genealogy. According to the Ohio Attorney General’s ...

It took nearly 50 years to work out the identity of a caribou-like fossil first discovered by construction workers. By Elie Dolgin In 1976, as jackhammers and backhoes carved a subway tunnel through ...