Right now, approximately 20 billion red blood cells are busy traveling through your blood vessels. They are delivering oxygen ...

Cancer cells have special adaptation mechanisms that allow them to proliferate despite changes in their genetic makeup.

University of Queensland researchers have for the first time introduced genetic material into plants via their roots, opening ...

Human genes that encode proteins often contain non-coding segments known as introns. Removing introns is crucial for the proper expression of genetic information. Understanding how our cells ...

Cancer cells have special adaptation mechanisms that allow them to proliferate despite changes in their genetic makeup.

Gene therapy represents a paradigm shift in modern medicine, offering unprecedented opportunities to combat diseases at their ...

Yale researchers have created "Ochre," a genomically recoded organism that enables the production of synthetic proteins with ...

In the UK, approximately 17,500 people have sickle cell disease and 300 babies are born with the condition each year. It is a genetic disorder caused by inherited mutations in a person’s DNA ...

From understanding hereditary diseases to predicting drug responses, sequencing helps researchers uncover the subtle language ...

Cell and gene therapies can be life-changing for patients with certain conditions, but the process of receiving them poses barriers for patients and caregivers that require multistakeholder solutions, ...

Scientists discovered a molecular switch that may reverse cancer cells, stopping them from growing abnormally.