A major new study has revealed that the genes we inherit at birth play a much larger role in cancer than previously ...

The recombination between parental chromosomes, a characteristic of sexual reproduction, plays a crucial role in evolution.

A study by scientists at the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center (HICCC) introduces a more cost-effective, scalable ...

The DNA of human cells consists of a sequence of about 3.1 billion building blocks. Cells go to great lengths to maintain the integrity of this vast store of information. They constantly untangle ...

DNA strand displacement circuits are inching closer to becoming cellular machines. Scientists are finding ways to make these programmable nanodevices stable and functional inside living cells. If ...

Scientists have unveiled the oldest woolly mammoth specimen ever discovered in North America as part of a major DNA study ...

Learn about Brink Therapeutics as it raises $4 million to go beyond CRISPR with engineered recombinases in CAR T therapy.

For the first time, Professor Veyrier and his team at INRS have discovered a family of enzymes that can cut specific sequences in single-stranded DNA. These enzymes, called site-specific ...

A team discovers a new family of enzymes capable of inducing targeted cuts in single-stranded DNA A few years ago, the advent of technology known as CRISPR was a major breakthrough in the scientific ...

One researchers explained that bacteria do a really, really good job of keeping the sequence you want and the sequence that you get.

For generations, a tiny piece of DNA has mastered the art of inheritance by hijacking the yeast cell’s division machinery, ...