A new study finds the proteins responsible for controlling which genes are expressed in a genome do more than simply turn a ...

Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have carried out the most detailed mapping to date of the epigenome in the cells ...

A deeper understanding of how DNA changes over generations helps scientists learn why people differ and how diseases develop. Until recently, many fast-changing parts of the human genome remained ...

Scientists have found a link between super-agers' longevity and DNA analyzed from Ice Age hunter-gatherer populations in ...

A machine learning model analyzing CpG-based DNA methylation accurately predicted the origin of many different cancer types ...

Big-picture patterns of DNA packaging, gene activation and mutations could hold the information needed to develop a blood-based biopsy for small cell lung cancer patients, according to new work ...

Most gene-editing tools cut DNA wherever they’re pointed, with no way to tell a tumor cell from a healthy one. A study ...

Breastfeeding may influence how children’s genes work later through small biological changes after birth, according to a new ...