Doctors have begun sequencing newborn DNA to detect dangerous but treatable conditions before any symptoms appear. In pilot ...

Michael Buck, PhD, professor of biochemistry in the Jacobs School, recently received NIH funding to explore how molecular readers of DNA access and activate seemingly hidden genes.

In a world first, a bespoke gene-editing therapy benefited one child. Now researchers plan to launch a clinical trial of the approach ...

Rot development during fruit storage is a problem. Now, metabarcoding may become a tool for detecting fungi that can cause diseases in apples.

The term “anti-aging” has been associated with images of wrinkle-erasure, firming creams, and Botox-style solutions. But a ...

Whole-genome sequencing (WGS) of tumor and germline can generate actionable molecular insights that can guide precision medicine efforts in salivary gland cancer (SGC), according to a new study in JCO ...

Every cell in the body has the same DNA, but different cell types—such as muscle or brain cells—use different parts of it.

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine alumnus and former faculty member Hamilton O. Smith, M.D., whose 1978 Nobel Prize-winning discovery of restriction enzymes revolutionized genetic ...

According to police, the duo had an argument earlier after the accused allegedly verbally abused the complainant’s daughter in-law ...