I met my third cousin on Ancestry. Even though we share just 1% of our DNA, we used ChatGPT to connect the dots between generations. Here's how and what we learned.

New research suggests that, when combined with regular exercise, two supplements can slow biological aging and reduce the ...

NASA's Perseverance rover collects Martian soil samples from Jezero Crater, revealing potential signs of past life on Mars.

DNA, or deoxyribonucleic acid, is the fundamental building block of life. It carries the genetic instructions that dictate ...

FES describing the binding of R1335 to G3 and the DNA backbone in SpCas9 (left) and xCas9 (centre). The FES is plotted along the distances between the R1335 guanidine and either the backbone phosphate ...

Researchers have revealed new details about the CRISPR-Cas5-HNH/Cascade complex, a variant of the type I-E CRISPR-Cas system, ...

Hydrogels are polymeric materials with three-dimensional network structures containing large amounts of water. They serve as sustained-release drug delivery systems as they can encapsulate various ...

Of particular importance, Neandertal DNA also seems to influence the structure and function of the cerebellum. Although most neuroscientists have tended to think of this brain region as ...

Attempts to do so have relied on chemicals that damage the DNA structure or strategies that capture only short stretches of DNA, preventing a comprehensive picture. In a new study published in ...

Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) is actively removed during spermatogenesis in a conserved process that enforces the uniparental ...