Single-Molecule Footprinting reveals that RNA polymerase II (Pol II) occupancy is infrequent at mouse promoters. This results ...

Just like the government uses an Aadhaar number to uniquely identify an individual for social security purposes, a person’s DNA fingerprint can be used for biological purposes. This is why DNA ...

Spit in a tube and, for about $100, discover secrets held by your DNA. That was the promise of 23andMe, a direct-to-consumer genetic-testing company. It proved popular—more than 15m customers ...

Geoff Bennett: The genetic testing company 23andMe has filed for bankruptcy. And its potential sale has raised alarms about what could happen to the DNA data of its millions of users. 23andMe was ...

The "Going Blonde" singer, who was adopted, recently shared that she reconnected with her brother Rachel DeSantis is a senior writer on the music team at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE ...

The small study in patients with a rare disorder that causes liver and lung damage showed the potential for precisely targeted infusions. By Gina Kolata Researchers have corrected a disease ...

DNA polymerase beta (Pol β) is the primary enzyme responsible for processing 1-nt gaps in chromatin during DNA repair. Here, the authors determine the kinetic and structural basis of gap-filling ...

The number of home DNA test kits offering nutrition and diet advice matched to your genes is growing. They’re based on the idea that each of us responds to foods differently, in part due to our ...

Scientists found that rapidly evolving DNA regions, known as human accelerated regions (HARs), help human neurons form complex networks, contributing to higher brain function but possibly increasing ...

The effect on the worms was due to something that was being inherited and accumulated in the offspring, yet had nothing to do with any nucleic acid (DNA or RNA) or anything related to them, ...

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