Leonardo Gomes de Lima, Ph.D., a postdoctoral associate in the Gerton Lab, led the research. The findings show how these chromosome fusions form, why they remain stable, and how repetitive DNA, once ...

The new prime editors are about as efficient as their predecessors but make up to 60-fold fewer ‘indel’ mistakes.

Chimpanzees, along with bonobos, are humans' closest living relatives. In fact, you may have heard that humans and chimps ...

Previously unmapped sections of the genome explain how cells sense their mechanical environment and could open new paths for ...

A judge in New York rejected a request on 23 September to disqualify the use of cutting-edge DNA sequencing as evidence in a ...

For decades, gene-editing science has been limited to making small, precise edits to human DNA, akin to correcting typos in ...

Dyslexia is a neurodevelopmental condition estimated to affect between 5–10% of people living in most countries, irrespective ...

A New York judge has allowed DNA evidence obtained through advanced techniques into the forthcoming murder trial of the man ...

Few species have their own sequenced genome, so genetic researchers often use DNA sequences from a related species as a stand-in. A study published in Cell shows that in animals such as gray foxes, ...

As global data creation outpaces traditional storage, scientists in China have unveiled a groundbreaking “DNA cassette tape” ...

After probing the AI model, the team came up with 302 virus designs. The best way to test them, the researchers figured, was ...

Your choice of pedagogical method can support personalized learning no matter what new technology comes along, Nana Lee ...