A routine experiment with a new single-cell DNA sequencing method turned into a surprising scientific twist when researchers ...

For decades, scientists have been puzzled by large portions of the human genome labeled as “junk” DNA, sequences that seemingly serve no purpose. Yet, recent studies suggest these cryptic sequences ...

Origins of the code: University of Illinois researchers found that the genetic code’s origins are tied to dipeptide composition, offering clues to life’s earliest evolution. Beyond coding DNA: Most ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Gabrielle Hartley, University of Connecticut (THE CONVERSATION) When the Human Genome ...

A research team at Bar-Ilan University in Israel has reported that by making only slight changes to specific non-coding DNA regions in female mouse embryos, individuals with XX chromosomes, which are ...

To fight viruses, bacteria have evolved a way to make new DNA without copying it.

In a way, sequencing DNA is very simple: There's a molecule, you look at it, and you write down what you find. You'd think it would be easy—and, for any one letter in the sequence, it is. The problem ...