Functional genomics, which is seeing how genetic variants behave in biological systems through genetic testing, is offering new hope for African cancer patients.

At the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, scientists created a new way to tell someone’s age using just a bit of DNA. This ...

Titanic Scion' looming, I caught up with the game’s mecha designer, Shoji Kawamori, to find out more about his work on the game.

Essentially all cells in an organism's body have the same genetic blueprint, or genome, but the set of genes that are ...

When scientists cracked the human genome in 2003—sequencing the entire genetic code of a human being—many expected it would ...

Arrow worms, or chaetognaths, are strange ocean predators that have puzzled scientists for more than a century. They have transparent, torpedo-shaped bodies, sharp grasping spines near their ...

How rapidly gene expression in a single cell changes over time can provide insight into how cells might become more ...

Reading frames The genetic code can be read in multiple ways depending on where the reading starts. For example, if the base sequence is GGGAAACCC, reading could start from the first letter, G and ...

Don’t ever underestimate the power of DNA on your beating heart, as it can be the root cause of heart failure. Dr. Travis Hinson, a cardiologist at UConn School of Medicine is trying to fix that.

Essentially all cells in an organism's body have the same genetic blueprint, or genome, but the set of genes that are ...

Hormonal changes: Most breast cancer cases are linked to hormonal issues, and alcohol can increase the levels of different ...