In a single experiment, scientists can decipher the entire genomes of many patient samples, animal models, or cultured cells.

DNA methylation is a highly studied epigenetic modification that is involved in regulating genome function and plays fundamental roles in development and disease. 1 It is linked to a broad range of ...

Newborn babies admitted to the hospital's neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) rely on the quick decisions and rapid action of the medical team responsible for them. DNA testing is critical to ...

The first resource containing high-resolution DNA sequencing data for over 37,000 children and parents collected over multiple decades from across the UK is now available to researchers worldwide. The ...

Researchers have engineered a new class of adenine base editors that reduce unwanted bystander mutations by two to three times compared to the widely used ABE8e, while preserving the editing power ...

An identical twin commits a crime and leaves their DNA at the scene. Can DNA testing reveal which twin is the culprit? This question reportedly came up in a case in France last month, in which the ...

Plants are usually seen as stationary life forms, quietly supporting environments. But plant communities and populations are ...

Scientists from the University of Colombia have found an ancient "ghost" DNA genome that existed in South America over 6,000 ...

Readouts of the full DNA of children with cancer at diagnosis have been implemented as the standard of care in a European first. By determining a child's type of cancer as precisely as possible, the ...