Marek's disease can be pervasive in chicken houses. Chickens infected by this highly contagious viral disease often develop ...

By analyzing the flowerpot snake's unique genome, scientists are uncovering how the tiny reptile repairs its DNA and prevents harmful mutations. The findings provides valuable insights into genetic ...

The genetic code acts as life’s instruction manual, telling cells how to build proteins from DNA and RNA. Though it's a ...

Base editing corrected a mutation that causes macular degeneration, highlighting the potential of gene therapy to treat ...

A new study suggests genetic changes allow horses to produce more energy, while minimizing the toll the energy takes on cells ...

In a manuscript published in the American Journal of Psychiatry titled "Psychiatric Genetics in Clinical Practice: Essential ...

For example, obesity or a sedentary lifestyle play a role. Genetics can also influence whether you’ll get this disease. Several gene mutations have been linked to the development of type 2 diabetes.

Scientists say they have found a pattern of so-called epigenetic 'marks' in a transition state between normal and pancreatic cancer cells in mice, and that the normal cells may keep at least a ...

Johns Hopkins Medicine scientists say they have found a pattern of so-called epigenetic "marks" in a transition state between ...