In tissue biopsies, cancer cells are frequently observed to have nuclei (the cell's genetic information storage) larger than normal. Until now, this ...

Scientists are exploring how RNA might have jump-started life four billion years ago and how it's now advancing drug ...

When a woman becomes pregnant, the outcome of that pregnancy depends on many things — including a crucial event that happened while she was still growing inside her own mother’s womb.

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

When a key protein regulator dials down DNA repair mechanisms, our cells accumulate more mutations, which may cause us to age ...

Organelles spit out DNA contaminated with damaging components, leading to the activation of inflammatory enzymes, mouse ...

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

An innovative use of skin cells could provide a route for gay couples or women with fertility problems to have children they ...

A new study in fruit flies describes how an animal's gut reacts differently to beneficial microbes versus harmful pathogens.

Ever since moviegoers saw the first ‘Jurassic Park,’ millions have wondered if scientists could make a dinosaur in the lab.

Every new life begins after a genetic shuffle. When organisms make eggs or sperm, maternal and paternal chromosomes pair up ...

Scientists analyzed data from more than one million users of 23andMe and found associations between certain genes and ...