RNA-based medicines are one of the most promising ways to fight human disease, as demonstrated by the recent successes of RNA ...

DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid), the molecular "blueprint" carrying the genetic instructions that influence the growth, ...

Scientists have long believed they understood how life’s genetic code evolved, but new research upends that assumption. By ...

As reported in Biophotonics Discovery, the team developed a novel microscopy technique that uses a standard fluorescence microscope in combination with imaging software. This method allows scientists ...

How cells respond to mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) damage is not fully understood. This study uncovers a mechanism of mtDNA ...

Asteroid Bennu seems to have come from a long-lost world on the fringes of the solar system, where saltwater pooled and dried ...

I don’t think proteomics will win over genomics," Sanghera said. "They go hand-in-glove. We’ve been overly focused [on genomics], and now we’re going to see an emergence of proteomics. And when the ...

Evolution was fueled by endosymbiosis, cellular alliances in which one microbe makes a permanent home inside another. For the ...

into devices the size of a microscope slide. The UF team has developed a microfluidic device for DNA purification that could speed up analysis of laboratory samples and match or exceed the purity of ...

Schaefer says they notified Colorado district attorneys and retested DNA in the cases where DAs requested it -- just 14 so ...

If you'd like to learn more about your health, heritage and family history, an at-home DNA test can help you do just that. Justin Jaffe is the Managing Editor for CNET Money. He has more than 20 ...