Cornell researchers have found that a new DNA sequencing technology can be used to study how transposons move within and bind ...

The never-before-seen biological snapshot provides insight into the young mammoth's final moments, expanding our knowledge of ...

Cornell researchers have found that a new DNA sequencing technology can be used to study how transposons move within and bind ...

Higher yields, greater resilience to climatic changes or diseases—the demands on crop plants are constantly growing. To ...

A UC Berkeley biochemistry PhD and gene editing expert has launched a new effort in the field of genetic engineering on human embryos as a way to prevent disease before birth.

M OST STORIES about gene-edited children begin with He Jiankui, a rogue Chinese scientist who, in 2018, announced that he had ...

Hosts David and Gina explore how scientists over the centuries unlocked the ability to edit our genes ...

This radical new method could preserve our entire knowledge base for thousands of years, in a storage medium the size of a ...

Now, scientists have published incredible findings from a Siberian mammoth they've named Yuka, revealing that they've found ...

Researchers have mapped the regulatory elements that control the FOXP3 gene, which is implicated in maintaining balance in ...

RNA from an exceptionally well preserved woolly mammoth gives us a window on gene activity in an animal that died nearly ...

Researchers at Stockholm University have extracted and sequenced the oldest known RNA molecules in the world ( Cell 2025, DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2025.10.025). The ancient RNA (aRNA) comes from skin and ...