For more than five centuries, Leonardo Da Vinci has been celebrated as a visionary artist, scientist, and inventor, known for ...

Formation of the TRF2–RAP1–DNA-PK complex prevents unwanted chromosome ... In mouse cells, about 15% of telomeres were fused when both proteins were missing. In human cells, the number was ...

The results verify the continuity of the Da Vinci male lineage back to at least the 15th generation, more than 500 years ...

Human cells typically carry 46 chromosomes, including 22 pairs of non-sex chromosomes, numbered 1 through 22, and one pair of sex chromosomes. Each parent contributes one-half of each pair of non-sex ...

The Leonardo DNA Project, launched in 2016, aims to recover Leonardo’s Y chromosome and reconstruct his genetic profile. More ...

Scientists have confirmed Leonardo da Vinci’s bloodline by tracing matching DNA in living male-line descendants.

Leonardo da Vinci was the illegitimate son of a notary and a woman whose identity remains shrouded in mystery. He died in ...

A Swansea pediatrician hopes his decade of content creation continues to inspire millions of viewers. Meet the TikTok doc.

The gene editor -- called evoCAST -- goes a long way toward solving a problem that has confounded the development of gene therapies from the field's beginnings: How to add long stretches of DNA to ...

Emily Kwong and Regina Barber of Short Wave talk about a tool to increase biker safety, the genetic secrets that make orange cats orange, and a link between gum disease and heart rhythm disorders.

Associate professor Margaret Worthington supervised the project to identify the genetic pinpoints that could pave the way for breeders to speed up development of thornless varieties of blackberries.