Genetics

PHILADELPHIA–A new genetic clue discovered by a team co-led by a researcher at the Perelman School of Medicine at the...

Hepatitis C virus (HCV) hijacks the host's fat metabolism for its own survival, growth, and transport in the human body....

Researchers in Japan have found, for the first time in vertebrates, a genetic switch that determines whether germ cells become...

A biochemist from The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio is a co-author on a paper in...

A Tufts University study sheds new light on the process by which DNA repair occurs within the cell. In research...

A study tying the aging process to the deterioration of tightly packaged bundles of cellular DNA could lead to methods...

Chinese scientists say they've genetically modified human embryos for the very first time. The team attempted to modify the gene...

You might resemble or act more like your mother, but a novel research study reveals that mammals are genetically more...

Researcher discovers that squid recode their genetic make-up on-the-fly to adjust to their surroundings The principle of adaptation — the...

Anyone who's ever been to France knows it's a country that celebrates its food and takes enormous pride in not...

How a brilliant-green sea slug manages to live for months at a time “feeding” on sunlight, like a plant, is...

Crops and other plants are constantly faced with adverse environmental conditions, such as rising temperatures (2014 was the warmest year...

Scientists have identified a biological clock that provides vital clues about how long a person is likely to live. Researchers...

Researchers delivered a modified RNA that encodes a telomere-extending protein to cultured human cells. Cell proliferation capacity was dramatically increased,...

For the first time, researchers have succeeded in amplifying genes altered by activities such as smoking – with changes that...

Humans don’t like being alone, and their genes are no different. Together we are stronger, and the two versions of...

The overall number and nature of mutations—rather than the presence of any single mutation—influences an individual’s risk of developing schizophrenia,...

An international team of scientists has made a major step forward in our understanding of how enzymes ‘edit’ genes, paving...

Genetic material hitchhiking in our cells may shape physical traits more than we thought. In 2003, when the human genome...

Our DNA is under constant attack from many sources, including environmental pollutants, ultraviolet light, and radiation. Fortunately, cells have several...