What keeps our cells the right size? Scientists have long puzzled over this fundamental question, since cells that are too large or too small are linked to many diseases. Until now, the genetic basis ...

The last decade has witnessed major advancements in the gene-editing field that have applications in an array of scientific fields, from medicine and drug development to agriculture. The CRISPR-Cas 9 ...

St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital scientists have identified specific DNA variants in the non-coding regions of the genome contributing to chemotherapy resistance in acute lymphoblastic leukemia ...

These genes are part of the non-coding genome, which makes up about 98% of our DNA and was long dismissed as “junk.” This new ...

The study shows that a long non-coding RNA called CISTR-ACT acts as a master regulator of cell size, influencing how large or small cells grow across multiple tissues.

The executive is drawing up new proposals on implementing a controversial 1998 directive on biotechnology inventions, amid concern that granting exclusive rights to DNA damages both innovation and ...

If you get a mutation in coding DNA, then the sequence of DNA could be changed. Changing the sequence of DNA can change the amino acids that make up the protein. This could have huge consequences.

Genes are DNA sequences that code for a protein. It is an unusual feature of most genes that the sequence of nucleotides that code for a protein is regularly interrupted by non-coding stretches of DNA ...

But only a tiny percentage of our DNA – around 2% – contains our 20,000-odd genes. The remaining 98% – long known as the non-coding genome, or so-called ‘junk’ DNA – includes many of the switches that ...