Genes and genetics
We are all mosaics
Your body is a collection of cells carrying thousands of genetic mistakes accrued over a lifetime 鈥� many harmless, some bad, and at least a few that may be good for you.
How military forensic scientists use DNA to solve mysteries
Learn how two analysts at the Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory use molecular biology and genetics to identify the remains of fallen troops.
New discovery enables gene therapy for muscular dystrophies, other disorders
At the University of Rochester, researchers find that RNA-based technology facilitates effective use for difficult-to-treat, large-gene diseases.
CRISPR gene editing: Moving closer to home
With the first medical therapy approved, there鈥檚 a lot going on in the genome editing field, including the discovery of CRISPR-like DNA-snippers called Fanzors in an odd menagerie of eukaryotic critters.
From lab to land: Crop modifications are fortifying our food supply against climate change
Scientists explore genetic and biochemical innovations fueling future-proofing agriculture
What makes lager yeast special? Inside the genetics of beer
University of Wisconsin scientists explore a microbe鈥檚 cold-tolerance for better brewing.
Gene-mutation pathway discovery paves way for targeted blood cancers therapies
A new study by researchers at the universities of Texas and Chicago explains the enzymatic activity that鈥檚 needed for tumor suppression in leukemias and other cancers.
The shape of molecules to come
Researchers explore unique properties of a nanostructure called 鈥渟witchback DNA鈥� that could have implications in nature and in biomedicine.
Bacteria encode hidden genes outside their genome 鈥� do we?
A new study by Columbia researchers shows that bacteria break the known order of chromosomes as linear strings of letters and create free-floating and ephemeral genes.