DNA doesn’t just sit still inside our cells — it folds, loops, and rearranges in ways that shape how genes behave. Researchers have now mapped this hidden architecture in unprecedented detail, showing ...

A Northwestern Medicine study has revealed a previously unknown connection between two fundamental cellular processes, ...

Across all domains of life, immune defenses foil invading viruses by making it impossible for the viruses to replicate. Most ...

Scientists at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital have revealed previously unappreciated roles for the retrotransposon LINE ...

Researchers say discoveries could expand the CRISPR toolbox and lead to more efficient, rapid diagnostic tools for detecting COVID-19, influenza, and RSV.

Researchers at Utah State University revealed new details about CRISPR immune system defenses, such as Cas12a3 systems, that ...

Members of a new class of antivirals are being tested in U.S. clinical trials, and one has gained approval in Japan, but how ...

In jellyfish and sea anemones, neurons accumulate DNA damage while animals are awake and repair that damage during sleep.

AI can now create genome viruses in laboratories and redesign toxins to evade controls, raising biosafety alert and rise of ...

A patient death in a CRISPR trial halts gene editing studies, raising critical safety questions. What this means for the ...