Logan Cyr, 16, joined a global accelerator program for teens that enables him to research cures for genetic malformations.

DNA makes RNA, RNA makes protein, protein makes phenotype—was the guiding framework for understanding inheritance and disease ...

Imagine if you could "print" a tiny skyscraper using DNA instead of steel. That’s what researchers at Columbia and Brookhaven ...

In the interview, Lloyd M. Smith discusses proteoforms, an area of research worthy of the next Human Genome Project.

Every living cell must interpret its genetic code—a sequence of chemical letters that governs countless cellular functions. A ...

These short, fun activities can help kids recharge and refocus when school or homework is stressing them out. Focusing on a task for a long period can be difficult for anyone, but especially kids.

Rare genetic diseases are challenging for patients and their families—made all the more overwhelming because symptoms tend to ...

SHAPE-MaP reveals functional RNA structures in the porcine epidemic diarrhea virus genome, enabling targeted siRNA design and offering a promising strategy to inhibit viral replication.

WEST MEMPHIS, Ark. — A member of the West Memphis 3 is taking another step toward having crime scene DNA retested. Damien Echols' attorneys have been trying to get a judge to allow an expert to ...

In a quiet lab in the UK, a bold scientific experiment is taking its first steps: one that could fundamentally change how we treat disease, how we understand life, and how we define what it means to ...

Methods Adaptive sampling long-read DNA sequencing targeted to 19 colon cancer genes, paired with direct long-read RNA whole-transcriptome sequencing, was undertaken for four patients referred for ...

DNA and RNA have been measured with many techniques but often with relatively long analysis times. In this study, we utilize fast-scan cyclic voltammetry (FSCV) for the subsecond codetection of ...