Genome editing is increasingly recognized as a leading frontier in biomedical research and an essential driver of healthcare innovation.

Infections particular to our genome may have helped drive human-specific traits — plus, using heat to power DNA computers.

Bacteriophages designed with AI kill E. coli faster than a well-studied strain, but the tech needs regulation before moving beyond lab dishes.

When astronauts venture into space, a remarkable phenomenon occurs: the activation of the “dark genome” within their DNA. This discovery unveils previously unknown genetic expressions, offering new ...

Researchers at Duke University used CRISPR technologies to discover previously unannotated stretches of DNA in the "dark ...

The promise of genome editing to help understand human diseases and create new therapies is vast, but technological limitations have limited advancement of the field. While existing editing ...

Tagomics Ltd., a pioneering biomarker discovery and diagnostics company, today announced the publication of a peer-reviewed study in Cell Reports Methods, underpinning its epigenomic profiling ...

Using the wrong DNA reference genome can lead scientists to false conclusions about wildlife health and survival.

Chimpanzees, along with bonobos, are humans' closest living relatives. In fact, you may have heard that humans and chimps ...

The world's oldest DNA comes from a 2.4 million-year-old ecosystem in Greenland. Will scientists eventually sequence even older DNA?

When scientists want to trace how a species has changed over time—and predict its prospects for survival—they turn to DNA.

The New York trial of an alleged serial killer could open up a whole new avenue for the use of genetic data in court, after a ...