Unrelated virus. (Heather Davies/SPL/Getty Images) Some pieces of our DNA can copy themselves into new locations. Copies derived from one gene active in human brain cells appear to have taken that ...

Learn how a sample from the tortoise Jonathan’s mouth revealed youthful patterns in his gene regulators that may help explain ...

Researchers at Cornell University identified the BC200 gene, which originated from a transposon in human DNA. This gene ...

Molluscum contagiosum virus, the poxvirus behind a common childhood skin infection, carries two copies of a human gene that ...

Researchers studying a giant tortoise named Jonathan say it's not just good genes but a lack of genetic wear and tear that ...

The effects of disease-associated genetic variants on gene expression and genome accessibility have been analysed together.

A new engineered gene-editing system, proven in bacteria and showing promise for use in plants, animals and humans, addresses ...

Digital DNA molecule, structure. Concept binary code human genome. DNA molecule with modified genes, 3D illustration When synthetic biologists sketch gene circuits, they usually think in terms of ...

Scientists have discovered a human gene with a remarkable double life: it appears to play an important role in brain cells while still retaining the ability to jump around the genome. Called BC200, ...

A new study reports that the circadian clock gene BMAL1 and the cell cycle checkpoint regulator WEE1 are significantly ...

A new study links HDAC inhibitor treatment to remodeling of extrachromosomal circular DNA in ovarian cancer and identifies LMO2 as a novel oncogene that may undermine drug sensitivity.

Infertility affects more than 15% of couples worldwide. Thanks to medical science, infertility treatments have come a long ...