The human genome consists of three billion base pairs that encode some 100,000 to 300,000 genes. Could we work out all the sequence of this DNA? What use would that information be? The sequence alone ...

With a rate of mutation 35 percent higher than random chance, this previously unknown weakness could be a major vector for inherited disease.

Research reveals that five DNA letters can switch chromatin between fluid and solid-like states, influencing gene ...

The completion of a South American lung fish genome sequencing represents one of the most remarkable moments within current ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Genomic alteration using adenine base editors demonstrated the most potency in restarting fetal hemoglobin ...

One of the mysteries about the origin of life is how DNA randomly formed palindrome pairs in order to function. A new study from the University of Helsinki analyzes regulatory genes known as microRNA ...

Back in 2016, a group of researchers led by Harvard’s David Liu, PhD, published a paper in Nature that reported the development of base editing. Base editing, they wrote, is “a new approach to genome ...