Animals from completely different branches of the tree of life, such as insects, worms and vertebrates, independently evolved ...

Scientists from Oxford's Radcliffe Department of Medicine have achieved the most detailed view yet of how DNA folds and ...

They have precise rules based on their physical, chemical, and biological properties that encode cell behavior ... “We’ve spent 70 years learning to read the genetic code. Understanding this new ...

Researchers at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia, have uncovered the hidden code governing how genetic mutations affect RNA splicing and result in disease. The researchers were able to ...

In context: Thanks to improvements in DNA sequencing techniques, the number of public repositories containing genetic data is growing at a significant pace. Zurich researchers have been working on a ...

The contribution of genetics to the variability in people’s metabolism has remained largely unknown. This is, in part, because genetic studies of human metabolism have been limited in scale and ...

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URBANA, Ill. – Genes are the building blocks of life, and the genetic code provides the instructions for the complex processes that make organisms function. But how and why did it come to be the way ...

Fairview Twp. property owners who are habitual offenders when it comes to maintaining their properties will face stiff fines as a result of an amendment to the township code of ordinances passed last ...

The city of Rogers updated its code enforcement policy regarding "unsanitary" and "unsightly" property violations, and it could cost property owners. MORE HANDS ON APPROACH TO VIOLATIONS THAT THEY ...

Don’t ever underestimate the power of DNA on your beating heart, as it can be the root cause of heart failure. Dr. Travis Hinson, a cardiologist at UConn School of Medicine is trying to fix that.

Most organisms on Earth have the same basic genetic code, but it comes with some flaws. Scientists sought to work out those errors by creating their own artificial genome, which replaced E. coli’s ...