A new study reveals all five fundamental nucleobases—the molecular "letters" of life—have been detected in samples from the ...

On Monday, a paper announcing that all four DNA bases had been found on an asteroid sparked a lot of headlines. But many of ...

His method of locating genes in human DNA allowed researchers to find disease-causing genes, and later to map the entire, ...

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Researchers developed a protein-based sensor that lets MRI machines visualize molecular activity inside cells, potentially transforming study of cancer and disease. (Nanowerk News) You’ve seen people ...

Gene therapy has been successfully used to treat a number of diseases, including immune deficiencies, hereditary blindness, hemophilia and, recently, Huntington’s disease, a fatal neurological ...

Roughly once a year in Switzerland, a family receives the devastating diagnosis that their child is affected by a severe form of muscle weakness. This hereditary disease, known as LAMA2-related ...

One year ago, a baby from Delaware County, Pennsylvania, became the first person in the world to receive a new revolutionary therapy at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. "We didn't know that we ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Investigative genetic genealogy, which is a relatively new forensic tool, is now being considered in the search for answers in the Nancy Guthrie case. Big picture view ...

A novel CRISPR-based technology can spread within bacterial populations to eliminate antibiotic resistance. In a potential breakthrough for tackling antibiotic resistance, researchers from the ...

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The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office and the Florida Department of Law Enforcement have identified two sets of human remains from separate unresolved cases — including a Hurricane Irma victim. The ...