Researchers are investigating the role of non-coding DNA, or junk DNA, in regulating astrocytes, brain cells involved in ...

Researchers have revealed that so-called “junk DNA” contains powerful switches that help control brain cells linked to Alzheimer’s disease. By experimentally testing nearly 1,000 DNA switches in human ...

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 ...

Researchers discover a unique genetic code in Antarctic archaea that encodes a rare amino acid, potentially advancing protein ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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