The human body is a remarkably complex machine, so it would make sense that it houses an abundance of DNA – the blueprints that help guide the body's growth and repair. But how much DNA do our ...

The CDC says coronavirus transmission on surfaces isn’t likely, as COVID-19 spreads mainly via droplets. New research showed that surrogate viral DNA placed on a bed rail in a hospital isolation ...

Harvard researchers used the CRISPR gene-editing system to insert this GIF of a galloping horse and rider into the DNA of living bacteria ... to insert a short animated image, or GIF, into ...

A new study from deCODE genetics uses pedigrees and sequence data from 64,806 Icelanders to shed light on the rate and nature of mutations in mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) and the peculiar dynamics of ...