Earlier gatherings focused on gaining public acceptance for what scientists want to do with CRISPR. This meeting flipped that ...

For years, the dominant narrative held that modern humans arose from a single, unbroken lineage in Africa. But then came ...

Modern humans were essentially like waves crashing on a beach, slowly but steadily eroding the beach away.” With this vivid ...

Somatic hypermutation (SHM) of immunoglobulin variable (V) regions modulates antibody-antigen affinity is initiated by activation-induced cytidine deaminase (AID) on single-stranded DNA (ssDNA).

Rapidly mutating DNA regions were mapped using a multi-generational family and advanced sequencing tools. Understanding how ...

The near-extinct northern white rhino could be revived following a "crucial" genome breakthrough. It is one of the rarest ...

For the first time, an international study has deciphered the genome of the population of Brazil. Published in the journal ...

They compare the studies to the Human Genome Project, which created the first complete map of the DNA in every human cell. The Human Genome Project has led to profound advances in drug discovery ...

It continues 25 years of research at deCODE genetics into how new diversity is generated in the human genome, and its relationship to health and disease. The new map, appearing today in the online ...

DNA is well-known for its double helix shape. But the human genome also contains more than 50,000 unusual knot-like DNA structures called i-motifs, researchers at the Garvan Institute of Medical ...

But the human genome also contains more than 50,000 unusual ... Published today in The EMBO Journalis the first comprehensive map of these unique DNA structures, shedding light on their potential ...