By examining genomic variation more closely, scientists can now identify new disease connections with greater speed and accuracy. For centuries, scientists have recognized that certain illnesses can ...

Mayo Clinic researchers have identified a protein that acts like a traffic controller for DNA, preventing damage during cell ...

Understanding the interaction between immune cells and cancer cells has important implications for cancer immunotherapies, ...

Scientists have long suspected connections between heredity and disease, dating back to Hippocrates, who observed certain ...

Visualizing and quantifying DNA replication dynamics in living human cells remains challenging. Here, a new super-resolution ...

"For the first time, scientists have shown that DNA from ordinary body cells can be placed into an egg, activated, and made ...

Naked mole-rats are one of nature's most extraordinary creatures. These burrowing rodents can live for up to 37 years, around ...

An innovative use of skin cells could provide a route for gay couples or women with fertility problems to have children they are both genetically related to ...

Harmful genetic changes in sperm become substantially more common as men age because some are actively favored during sperm ...