For decades, scientists have known that bacteria can exchange genetic material, in a process called horizontal gene transfer.

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

Researchers at Duke University used CRISPR technologies to discover previously unannotated stretches of DNA in the "dark ...

Researchers have built a detailed map of DNA methylation changes in nearly 1,000 human brains from six weeks after conception ...

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

Just as life pulsates in big vibrant cities, it also prospers in crowded environments inside cells. The interior of cells is ...

The human remains, identified through DNA testing conducted by a Washington State crime lab, were discovered earlier this month.

A groundbreaking discovery reveals how HIV integrates its genetic material into human DNA, exposing a key viral vulnerability ...

When a sperm meets an egg, a lot has to go right for an embryo to develop into a complete organism. One critical step of ...

They derive their energy from differences in the concentration of hydrogen ions across some of these membranes ...

Claims that HIV has been permanently eradicated from people living with the virus are false. More research, refined delivery ...

Robertsonian chromosomes are associated with infertility and Down syndrome, now cutting-edge DNA sequencing technology has ...