Viruses are known to use the genetic machinery of the human cells they invade to make copies of themselves. As part of the ...

The only remaining autonomous 'jumping gene' can only attach to, and stitch a copy of itself into, DNA when it builds up into large clusters and only as cells divide.

RNA-based technologies are a powerful molecular biology toolbox, empowering scientists to decipher the complexities of living ...

Stanford Medicine researchers have developed a blood test capable of detecting cancers, the ways cancer resists treatments ...

The RNA cloud formed around genes regulates their readout into RNA. Triplexes help define where in the genome a cloud forms. Proteins and other fl ...

The causes of Alzheimer’s disease have long puzzled researchers, especially when most older adults show signs of the illness ...

Researchers from the University of Eastern Finland, Aalto University and the University of Oulu have developed a new ...

When a tumor starts to grow in the body, small bits of its genetic material may break away and float off into the bloodstream. | Clinical And Molecular Dx ...

Researchers suggest discovery of genetic link between ASD and DM1 opens up potential new therapeutic avenues for ASD.

Somewhere in the body of a patient, a small clump of cells, growing undetected, has begun to form a tumor. It has yet to cause pain or visible symptoms of illness. Several months from now, or perhaps ...