The government had sought permission under Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 15 to preserve the testimony of Oluwakemi ...

Many people wonder why cancer develops and whether it can be prevented. While some cancers are linked to lifestyle habits, ...

Scientists expected SuperAgers might simply inherit fewer Alzheimer’s-related risks, but their genes looked much like those ...

Researchers at the University at Albany’s RNA Institute revealed the award ahead of World RNA Day on Wednesday.

A lot of effort has gone into finding ways to minimize or eliminate off-target edits. In a recent issue of Nature, ...

Law enforcement officers said during legislative hearings the bill would create an “unrealistic” and “absurd” burden on ...

The longevity-linked APOE2 gene appears to protect brain cells by reducing DNA damage and helping neurons recover from stress. The finding could open a new path toward treatments that mimic APOE2’s ...

Scientists have exploited a peculiar CRISPR enzyme so that it fights cancer by shredding the DNA in cancer cells, causing ...

Congenital heart disease is the most common birth defect, affecting approximately 1 in 100 babies born each year. One of the many causes for this disorder is having only one functional copy of the ...

Every cell in the human body carries the same 3 billion letters of DNA, yet a neuron, a heart muscle cell and a pancreatic beta cell each use that shared code to do entirely different jobs. How cells ...

Enhancers are pieces of DNA that act like switches, regulating when genes are turned on and off and how strongly they are ...

It was one of history’s most dramatic moments—but the eruption of Mount Vesuvius wasn’t a single disaster. Recent evidence reveals how three settlements faced three distinct fates, reshaping our ...