Scientists at the Broad Institute and Mass General Brigham have built a generative AI model that creates short DNA segments ...

Researchers have used artificial intelligence to design thousands of new DNA switches that can precisely control the expression of a gene in different cell types. Their new approach opens the ...

A new study shows that cancer damages its own DNA by pushing key genes to work too hard. Researchers found that the most ...

A team of researchers has announced the discovery of a unique DNA nanostructure that appears to be common across all types of ...

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While most known types of DNA damage are fixed by our cells' in-house DNA repair mechanisms, some forms of DNA damage evade repair and can persist for many years, new research shows. This means that ...

There are hundreds of cell types in the human body, each with a specific role spelled out in their DNA. In theory, all it ...

We’re celebrating 180 years of Scientific American. Explore our legacy of discovery and look ahead to the future. In 1957, just four years after Francis Crick and other scientists solved the riddle of ...

Determining whether a cancerous tumor originated in a given location or spread there from another tissue or organ in the body is important when assessing the likely course of a patient’s disease. When ...

Irvine, Calif., Dec. 3, 2024 – A research team co-led by the University of California, Irvine has discovered that accumulated DNA damage in the retina is a key contributor to age-related macular ...