Every new life begins after a genetic shuffle. When organisms make eggs or sperm, maternal and paternal chromosomes pair up ...
Previously unmapped sections of the genome explain how cells sense their mechanical environment and could open new paths for ...
Scientists developed a new nanostructure that triples CRISPR’s ability to enter cells, unlocking even more power to treat ...
Tiny tweaks in DNA folding can have big effects. A study from Umeå University shows that even the most subtle changes in ...
DNA holds our genetic blueprints, but its cousin, RNA, conducts our daily lives I n 1957, just four years after Francis Crick ...
DNA folding is more important for cell function than previously thought, finding that even the most subtle changes in DNA’s ...
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New work from UC Davis and the University of Utah shows how the 3D structure of DNA inside a germ cell commits it to develop into a sperm cell. The discovery could improve understanding of fertility ...
Maria Branyas Morera, who died in 2024 at the age of 117 and a half, was the world's oldest person and now experts have analyzed her DNA.