Scientists extracted RNA from a 130-year-old specimen, uncovering which genes were active before the animal went extinct.

Rapid advances in sequencing technologies have transformed our ability to diagnose human genetic disorders, yet many patients still lack a molecular ...

Calcium (Ca2+) drives many cellular functions, though the way it controls quality of proteins in the endoplasmic reticulum ...

It has been claimed that because most of our DNA is active, it must be important, but now human-plant hybrid cells have been ...

Explore the potential of gene therapy as a groundbreaking approach to curing diseases, beyond traditional pharmacological ...

A newly identified class of RNA molecules has been discovered in bacteria living inside the human body. These circular ...

Researchers have discovered how cells activate a last-resort DNA repair system when severe damage strikes. When genetic ...

Life may have emerged from a surprisingly simple network of chemical reactions long before cells or genes existed.