According to new research next-generation DNA sequencing (NGS) -- the same technology which is powering the development of tailor-made medicines, cancer diagnostics, infectious disease tracking, and ...

New research has uncovered more about the complexity of human gene regulation by identifying certain sequences of proteins ...

A biomolecular engineering course has recently been redesigned to give students experience with the entire process of DNA ...

DNA is often seen as the blueprint of life—carrying the code to govern the development and traits of an organism—but “there ...

This research adds to the groundwork of understanding the complex language of the gene regulatory code, and how DNA sequence patterns located close to our genes influence human development and disease ...

Researchers from Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) and the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of ...

Correcting the code - DNA is made up of four chemical "letters" -- the nucleotide bases A, G, T and C. Mutations in this sequence cause thousands of human diseases, yet until recently, gene editing ...

The DNA of human cells consists of a sequence of about 3.1 billion building blocks ... Scientists have long known that more ...