Cells have a mailing system of sorts. They can release tiny molecular balls, called extracellular vesicles (EVs), that ...

As part of the process, viruses leave behind remnants throughout the genetic material (genomes) of humans. The virus-like insertions, called "transposable elements," are snippets of genetic ...

Viruses are known to use the genetic machinery of the human cells they invade to make copies of themselves. As part of the process, viruses leave behind remnants throughout the genetic material ...

The only remaining autonomous 'jumping gene' can only attach to, and stitch a copy of itself into, DNA when it builds up into large clusters and only as cells divide.

Genetic material from hundreds of mammoths is providing an unprecedented glimpse into their family tree and shows how these Ice Age giants emerged, migrated, and adapted to a changing world.

These include structural and chemical changes to the genetic material, binding of proteins to specific DNA elements to regulate transcription, or mechanisms that modulate translation of mRNA.

Overcoming key hurdles for the development of next-generation anaerobic cultivation methods could have major impacts on microbial community research and applications. Harmful algal blooms (HABs ...

Aug. 29, 2024 — For decades, scientists have dreamt of a future where genetic diseases, such as the blood clotting disorder hemophilia, could be a thing of the past. Gene therapy, the idea of ...

Mermejo, a former Governor of Picuris Pueblo, played a key role in the study before his death in 2024. Ancient DNA is the genetic material recovered from the remains of organisms that lived in the ...

On COVID’s fifth anniversary, the U.S. is facing an outbreak of tuberculosis in Kansas that makes strong public health systems as important as ever.

Select the journal/section where you want your idea to be submitted: Mental health disorders and physical diseases often co-occur, and growing evidence suggests that shared genetic factors contribute ...

PREVIEW is an eight-issue subscription publication that provides expert, plain-language analysis of all cases given plenary review by the Supreme Court in advance of oral argument. Preview issues 1-7 ...