For decades, the dream of fixing harmful mutations in mitochondrial DNA felt out of reach. Scientists have long known these ...

If most of our DNA is junk, could we cut those useless chains and still have a functional cell? This question was originally answered on Quora by Adriana Heguy.

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Scientists at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital have reconciled two closely related but contentious mechanisms underlying ...

Police around the US say they're justified to run DNA-generated 3D models of faces through facial recognition tools to help crack cold cases. Everyone but the cops thinks that’s a bad idea.

CRISPR/Cas9 gene-editing system drops nuclease activity, gains cytidine deaminase activity, achieves efficient target-specific mutagenesis without resorting to cleavage.

Then they use these "scissors" to cut out pieces of the invader's DNA, and incorporate it into their own genomes so they can recognize the enemy in future.

Entropic cages thus serve as reactors for chemically modifying single DNA molecules. Nanopore sensors provide a useful way of analysing single molecules, such as DNA.

Gene editing for the development of new treatments, and for studying disease as well as normal function in humans and other organisms, may advance more quickly with a new tool for cutting larger ...