DNA is the blueprint of life. Genes encode proteins and serve as the body's basic components. However, building a functioning ...

What makes every person unique? Part of the answer is in our genes. A gene is a basic unit of heredity, the means by which traits get passed from one generation to the next, and genetics is the study ...

The Human Genome Project changed everything. A map of the entire human sequence of DNA was the starting point for an enormous number of discoveries, from disease genes to how humans evolved. But DNA ...

A 19-year-old Canadian man becomes the first human cured through prime gene editing after doctors corrected a rare genetic ...

A fleeting DNA fold called i‑DNA can switch cancer‑related genes on and off, revealing a hidden structural weak point that ...

Antisense oligonucleotides (ASOs), used to treat genetic diseases, can affect how cells repair damage to their DNA. This is ...

Human DNA constantly refolds in 3D space, and these looping dynamics regulate gene expression and cell identity.

Modern wolves and dogs both descend from an ancient wolf population that lived alongside woolly mammoths and cave bears. Iza Lyson/500px Prime via Getty Images Dogs were the first of any species that ...

Advances in DNA sequencing have revealed something surprising—not everyone with the same genetic change develops the same disease, or any disease at all. Some people may develop symptoms early in life ...

A science communicator transformed textbook genetics into an interactive card game that can teach students the basics of ...