DNA holds the code for building life, but not all of it is useful. Some parts behave more like parasites, sticking around ...

Genome-wide comparisons made possible by gains in computing power involve sweeps of tens of thousands of individual genetic codes from patients and otherwise healthy counterparts. But so far only a ...

A study explains how age reshapes the blood system. In both humans and mice, a few stem cells out-compete their neighbors and gradually take over blood production. The loss of diversity results in a ...

The baby, KJ Muldoon of Clifton Heights, Penn., is one of 350 million people worldwide with rare diseases, most of which are ...

Researchers work in a mobile Fire-Eye laboratory in Beijing in June 2020. The labs can identify coronavirus infections, as well as decipher and analyze human DNA. (Fu Tian/China News Service/Getty ...

For the first time, doctors have treated a baby born with a rare, life-threatening genetic disorder with a gene-editing therapy scientists tailored to specifically repair his unique mutation.

For the first time, doctors have treated a baby born with a rare, life-threatening genetic disorder with a gene-editing therapy scientists tailored to specifically repair his unique mutation. The baby ...

Credit: ZME Science/AI-generated with SORA. Chinese scientists fed a string of genetic code into an artificial intelligence model. What came out looked like a face — a strikingly realistic ...