Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) is the material in cells that carries all genetic information in humans, animals, plants, and all living cells. It’s passed down from parents to their offspring, and it’s ...

Our DNA is constantly being packed and unpacked. And there is a good reason for this: depending on its packing state, it performs different functions in the cell nucleus. For most of its life – this ...

For decades, scientists have known that bacteria can exchange genetic material, in a process called horizontal gene transfer.

DNA vectors play an important role in gene therapy, serving as the vehicles that deliver genetic material into cells. While plasmid DNA (pDNA) is traditionally used, it has drawbacks that can limit ...

A landmark study by WEHI scientists has shed new light on one of the most fundamental mysteries of biology: how cells divide and grow into the complex structures that make up our bodies. The study has ...

Every new life begins after a genetic shuffle. When organisms make eggs or sperm, maternal and paternal chromosomes pair up ...

A research team has successfully identified a novel DNA damage repair pathway in human cells. This study is the first to discover that proteins present in the nuclear membrane of cells directly ...

Crucially, they found that genes related to autism and schizophrenia change a lot during this early development. This ...

Galit Meshulam-Simon is the associate director of Commercial Applications at Elegen. COVID-19 brought messenger RNA (mRNA) into the global spotlight, demonstrating its speed, flexibility, and efficacy ...

Epigenome editing has followed a similar path, in that more recent technological breakthroughs have enabled scientists to apply the discoveries made in previous decades. Epigenome editing performs a ...

Munster Bovine and Progressive Genetics, in association with the Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (ICBF), recently launched Genocells, a technology that allows dairy farmers to determine individual ...