Long interspersed nuclear element-1 (LINE-1 or L1) is the only active, self-copying genetic element in the human ...

New discoveries about the malaria parasite made by researchers at Columbia and Drexel universities could change the way ...

New research links a gene, MPP7, to osteoporosis. Lower levels of MPP7 were found in bone tissue of those with the condition, ...

Researchers say findings help to bridge the structure of the genome to its function in managing how genes are turned on and off.

Scientists have identified a single gene that gives rise to a rare form of diabetes, unique to newborn babies. Mutations of ...

Before cells can divide, they first need to replicate all of their chromosomes, so that each of the daughter cells can ...

Researchers have identified a new genetic cause of hereditary optic atrophy—a condition that leads to gradual vision loss—by discovering a previously unknown mutation in the PPIB gene. T ...

New research reveals that child maltreatment leaves measurable biological “scars” on DNA, altering brain structure and function.

Researchers in Göttingen, Germany, have elucidated the structure and function of otoferlin, a protein that plays a crucial ...

A new breakthrough in a rare genetic disease which causes children to age rapidly has been discovered using 'longevity genes' ...

Despite announcing a broad pivot to siRNA earlier this year, Sarepta is following through with an investigational gene ...