New structural variation sequencing reads long stretches of fetal DNA to pinpoint duplications, flips, and rearrangements, ...

Deep learning approaches have transformed how scientists predict the activity and function of DNA sequences in the genome. A ...

An international team of scientists a family genome sequences known as “transposable elements,” and found they play a vital ...

Scientists at the Peter MacCallum Cancer Center have uncovered new insights into how cells regulate DNA methylation, a ...

To many, the genome is a puzzle—a many-sided puzzle whose meaning stretches across your life, your children's, and your family's. To many, the genome is a puzzle—a many-sided puzzle whose meaning ...

Researchers developed DiscERN, a genome-mining platform that combines four complementary algorithms to identify ...

Stem cell transplantation (also called bone marrow transplantation) and gene therapy are among the most powerful curative ...

Rat disease models have played an integral role in scientific discovery and cancer research, including Nobel Prize–winning ...

Although there are striking differences between the cells that make up your eyes, kidneys, brain and toes, the DNA blueprint for these cells is essentially the same. Where do those differences come ...

The promise of genome editing to help understand human diseases and create new therapies is vast, but technological limitations have limited advancement of the field. While existing editing ...

The US Endangered Species Act compels the government to identify species at risk of extinction and devise plans to restore populations and the habitats they depend on. It has seen some spectacular ...