A unique feature of HR is that it repairs the damage to the DNA in a highly accurate way. In eukaryotic cells (those with a ...

Broad Institute researchers have developed a way to edit the genetic sequences at the root of Huntington's disease and ...

Duke University Medical Center-led research has identified a human-specific DNA enhancer that regulates neural progenitor ...

David Liu and Richard Merkin of the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, along with Columbia professor Sam Sternberg, have ...

As such, he named the Neanderthal Thorin after the Tolkien character. “Thorin in the Hobbit is one of the last dwarf kings ...

Geneticist David Sinclair says aging is a disease and it is preventable and treatable. He told the Fiduciary Investors ...

Imagine looking at thousands of scattered puzzle pieces and trying to guess what picture they create. Without any reference ...

Researchers uncover how rapid DNA repair protects genomes from internal threats, with implications for cancer biology.

From bodily fluids to skeletal remains, advances in DNA analysis and the study of insects and microbes aid forensic ...

Research teams funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have created a versatile set of gene delivery systems that can reach different neural cell types in the human brain and spinal cord ...