An archaeon reads the same codon in two different ways, overturning a doctrine that has stood for 60 years. Living organisms ...

Genetic engineering is moving from the lab bench into clinics, farms, and even family planning decisions, promising to change ...

New research shows that childhood environments shape lifelong memory through a single molecular switch that controls learning-related gene activity.

Scientists discovered that the first 100 base pairs of human genes are unusually prone to mutations, especially during the ...

Disease development is often shaped by genetics, with how much or how little a gene is expressed influencing disease risk.

Kian Sadeghi, the 25-year-old founder and CEO at Nucleus Genomics, tells "CBS Mornings" that parents have every right to select the qualities and traits they desire in their child.

When DNA breaks, cells must repair it accurately to prevent harmful mutations. Researchers have discovered that during a key ...

Despite the importance of GoF modifications, they have sometimes faced misplaced concerns or opposition that could lead to their being overregulated or even banned.

All cells need to sense and respond to their environment, to know when to activate genes, build proteins, and carry out their ...

What are the new SpongeBob Tower Defense codes? Bikini Bottom is in danger and only the aquatic city's goofiest goobers can protect it. From SpongeGar to double Krabby Pattied-up Squidward, there's a ...

Mobile elements are DNA sequences that can move around the genome, changing their number of copies or simply changing their location, often affecting the activity of nearby genes. They include DNA ...

Researchers at Helmholtz Munich, the Technical University of Munich and the LMU University Hospital Munich uncovered a ...