A naturally occurring gene called Cyclin A2 (CCNA2), which turns off after birth in humans, can actually make new, functioning heart cells and help the heart repair itself from injury, including a ...

The U.S. government is divesting from mRNA vaccines, but will other uses of the technology be spared? In a time of ...

She had to fight for recognition after a male colleague took credit for her work in identifying an extra chromosome as the ...

The neurologic disease called chronic traumatic encephalopathy or CTE has most often been found in people who experienced ...

Using single-cell RNA sequencing and genetic screening, the researchers identified key surface proteins that mediate ...

Ribosomes are the cell's protein factories, which read the genetic code and assemble the proteins that every organism needs to live. But as far as how ribosomes themselves were formed, tantalizingly ...

Ribosomes are the cell's protein factories, which read the genetic code and assemble the proteins that every organism needs ...

Scientists have long thought of DNA as an instruction manual written in the four- chemical bases—A, C, T, and G—that make up the genetic code. The prevailing belief was that by decoding these ...

A genetic study of canines living in Chernobyl's Exclusion Zone separates myth from a potential breakthrough in understanding ...

A speech attributed to Bill Gates, circulating under the title 'Seeds and Code', has sparked global controversy over claims ...

An international team led by Monash University researchers has uncovered the genetic code governing the way genetic mutations affect mRNA and result in disease.

The world’s largest network of environmental groups approved the exploration of genetic engineering tools to aid the ...