Humans have about 3 billion DNA bases in their genetic makeup. However, most of it does not encode for protein.

A patient walks into a thoracic surgery consultation with a small lung tumor, stage I on every scan, and every conventional ...

Not all parts of our genetic code are equal, even when they appear to say the same thing. Scientists have discovered that ...

Scientists have uncovered a surprising secret about our DNA: it’s not a static blueprint, but a constantly shifting, folding ...

Cross-species research shows that RNA splicing patterns, not just gene activity, track maximum lifespan in mammals, revealing ...

One extra letter of DNA. That was all it took to override an entire chromosome’s worth of instructions and turn a female ...

A new international study suggests that ancient viral DNA embedded in our genome, which were long dismissed as genetic "junk", may actually play powerful roles in regulating gene expression. Focusing ...

Cars patched up after a wreck may look fixed—but never run quite as before. The same may hold true for chromatin, according to a study published in Science on November 6. In response to double-strand ...