Researchers find mutations causing developmental disabilities in humans have similar effects in yeast, aiding drug testing ...

Saliva holds a surprising amount of information. It's full of tiny fragments of DNA, RNA, proteins and fats – many of which ...

Multi omics studies explore the interactions among multiple living substances during plant growth and development, including ...

Scientists have discovered DNA’s building blocks inside ancient meteorites, suggesting that life’s origins may be ...

By creating a more true-to-life representation of DNA's environment, researchers have discovered that strand separation may take more mechanical force than the field previously believed.

At MIT, one genome researcher is testing a different approach. Bin Zhang, associate professor of chemistry and the leader of ...

Cancer immunotherapy represents a transformative approach in oncology, especially for treating cancers thought to be incurable. However, a significant ...

When a species reproduces, typically, each parent passes on one of their two versions (alleles) of a given gene to their offspring. But not all alleles play fair in their quest to be passed onto ...

Therapies involving mRNA, a key to Covid vaccines, hold great potential in treating several diseases, but some lawmakers want ...

Among the hundreds of undergraduates who presented their research at this year's Meeting of the Minds — CMU’s annual undergraduate research symposium — some focused their research efforts on improving ...

Vaccines using mRNA are currently being studied for a wide range of diseases, including cancer, cardiovascular disease, ...

Each cell has their own genetic code that helps maintain viability and directs function.  This genetic code is commonly referred to as deoxyribonuclei | Immunology ...