Inhibiting the editing enzyme may provide a new therapeutic approach for blood cancers

MDI biological laboratory's 'environmental genomics' course will look at influence of environment on genetic expression

More than 30 diseases, all of them incurable, are caused by RNA repeats

In a recent opinion piece, researchers describe some of the thorny issues raised by race-based drugs

For scientists, the potent molecules in venoms hold the potential to be adapted into medicines

Study shows that sea urchins defy aging, regardless of lifespan

New to science: a species on humans’ family tree, a brilliant red fish, and a dainty damselfly with a racy name

Scientists may know the structure of a protein or its function, but haven't always been able to link the two

Researchers' aim is to create a type of ‘cancer genomic Internet’

Research describes an aspect of the CRISPR/Cas9 gene-editing method, which makes use of dCas9, a disabled protein