The traditional explanation of the initial genetic code in life seems less established when ancient proteins seem to be ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Recent breakthroughs in genetics research may have uncovered new genes underlying common psychiatric disorders. Schizophrenia and ...
Less than 2% of the genome codes for proteins; the rest, once called 'junk DNA', contains regulatory elements. Researchers ...
When a nuclear disaster empties a landscape of people, nature doesn’t politely wait for instructions. It moves in. After the 2011 meltdown at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan, entire ...
A group of scientists at VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center has revealed a new genetic code that acts like a cancer ringleader, recruiting and deploying a gang of tumor cells to incite a ...
How does our DNA store the massive amount of information needed to build a human being? And what happens when it's stored ...
Crispr’s ability to cut genetic code like scissors has just started to turn into medicines. Now, gene editing pioneer ...
Engineers at the University of Pennsylvania and Rice University have refined a technology for editing individual genetic ...
A research team at the University of Würzburg has deciphered another aspect of poxviral gene activation. The study reveals a ...