They observe how the mobile DNA LINE-1 copies its sequence in human cells, revealing the precise mechanism of the ORF2p gene.

A gibbous moon hangs over a lonely mountain trail in the Italian Alps, above the village of Malles Venosta, whose lights dot ...

The goal of gene therapy is to permanently cure hereditary diseases. One of the most promising technologies for this is the ...

MIT scientists have found a way to make gene editing far safer and more accurate — a breakthrough that could reshape how we ...

CRISPR-based tools can’t easily access the DNA in these organelles, but researchers are finding other ways in.

Scientists have discovered how LINE-1, a “jumping gene” that makes up 17% of the human genome, inserts itself into DNA. Using ...

MIT researchers have dramatically lowered the error rate of prime editing, a technique with promise for treating numerous ...

Most biochemistry labs that study DNA isolate it within a water-based solution that allows scientists to manipulate DNA without interacting with other molecules. They also tend to use heat to separate ...

Every person starts as just one fertilized egg. By adulthood, that single cell has turned into roughly 37 trillion cells, many of which keep dividing to create the same amount of fresh human cells ...

Bottom-up engineering of synthetic condensate offers an understanding of condensate organization and helps to develop synthetic systems with unprecedented functions. Nevertheless, realizing such ...