Genes are the building blocks of life, and the genetic code provides the instructions for the complex processes that make ...

We've seen AI algorithms create mostly-believable pictures of people's headshots, works of art, news articles, and even pokémon. But now a team of scientists is taking things a step further, with an ...

A Stanford-led study published in Nature on Feb. 26 found that age-related changes witnessed in diseases like Alzheimer’s may be related to a relatively untapped area of research in the brain. The ...

Engineered viruses are the delivery vehicle of choice for many genetic medicines, but they pose several problems. In addition to the risk of dangerous immune responses, these viruses don’t go to all ...

DNA -- the long, thin molecule that carries our hereditary material -- is compressed around protein scaffolding in the cell nucleus into tiny spheres called nucleosomes. The bead-like nucleosomes are ...