In a recently published study in Nature Structural and Molecular Biology, scientists from the Department of Medical ...

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

RICHLAND, Wash.-Curled up inside every single one of the trillions of cells in the human body is six feet of DNA, spooled tightly and carrying the ...

What makes the human brain unique? A Yale study unlocks new insights into genetic changes that shaped our evolution.

In human cells, only a small proportion of the information written in genes is used to produce proteins. How does the cell ...

A new blood test has an 80% accuracy in predicting preterm preeclampsia, according to a study published today, Feb. 12, in ...

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 ...

Cigarette smoke causes cancer primarily by damaging the DNA. A new study that mapped the DNA damages caused by smoking, ...

This week at AAAS, PNNL scientists and colleagues discuss phenomics, exposomics, and the factors that influence DNA ...

Protein complex in bacterial cell membrane acts like a rotary motor to recruit DNA-degrading enzymes to defend against phage ...

This is an important and solid study that examines the role of TFAM, a protein that helps maintain mtDNA, in mtDNA mutator mice. The authors have demonstrated that TFAM's counteractive role in mtDNA ...