A new mega-database of half a million mutations may flag new ways of treating genetic disease, scientists say.

Humans are now known to have between 20,000 and 25,000 genes, but researchers still have much to learn about these small ...

APOBEC enzymes, which normally help fight viral infections by mutating viral DNA, cause repeat expansions and are unusually ...

Researchers in Germany studying honeybees found that DNA can predetermine certain behaviors. Their findings may shed light on ...

Key Genes Linked to DNA Damage and Human Disease Uncovered ... used as a research tool due to its ability to synthesize proteins -- to conduct ... Scientists Develop New Biocontainment Method ...

People genetically susceptible to Huntington's disease often see their movement, mood, and cognition decline slowly over time ...

Scientists have discovered that the protein machines that shape our DNA can switch direction. Until now, researchers believed that these so-called SMC motors that make loops into DNA could move in one ...

Researchers at Tufts University revealed a possible molecular mechanism explaining how the DNA repeats are broken and then expanded in the Huntington’s disease gene, pointing to a component of the ...

People genetically susceptible to Huntington's disease often see their movement, mood, and cognition decline slowly over time.

Studies of living participants and postmortem brains confirm that gene expansion is a promising target for HD prevention ...

The global gene synthesis market size was valued at USD 2.20 billion in 2024 and is projected to reach from USD 2.55 billion in 2025 to USD 9.54 billion by 2033, growing at a CAGR of 15.8% during the ...