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

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

For decades, scientists thought the noncoding parts of DNA were useless leftovers. Today, that view has completely changed.

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

Tiny tweaks in DNA folding can have big effects. A study from Umeå University shows that even the most subtle changes in ...

While scientists are amassing a fair amount of data regarding our gut microbiomes, the oral microbiome is a bit of a new frontier. Case in point: researchers have just discovered huge pieces of DNA ...

Researchers have found that nearly three-quarters of the population carry newly identified genetic elements called Inocles, ...

The Atlas blue butterfly, with a record-breaking 229 pairs of chromosomes, is helping scientists unravel mysteries of ...

The defense acknowledged that no matter what, the girl, now 15, is a victim. “The question is, a victim of whom?” ...

Spaceflight makes certain human stem cells age faster, a study finds, furthering the understanding of the possible effects of ...

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

A new U-M study discovers that maternal and paternal DNA have different centromeres--but that asymmetry is corrected in the earliest stages of a developing embryo.