Researchers can trace the family tree of individual mutations inside our cells
The task is like looking through a book with six billion letters for individual typos
Feeding extra amino acids to cells with a mutated enzyme makes them grow faster
This new finding could lead to advances in treatment of diseases caused by ARS mutations
Mutations in white blood cells weaken immunity to infectious diseases
Scientists uncover a genetic cause behind age-related risk for a variety of infections, including COVID-19
Dr. Steven Finkbeiner, Gladstone Institute of Neurological Disease, The Taube-Koret Center for Huntington's Disease Research, and the University of California San Francisco on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 3.0)
Huntington's disease is caused by more than a mutated protein
A new study illuminates the role of small RNA in the disease, laying the foundation for new diagnosis and treatment options
Scientists starved E. coli for 1200 days to learn about bacterial evolution
They saw two main lineages emerge and compete with each other — all in a single test tube
Defective ribosomes leave proteins to build up in our cells
New research on fruit flies illustrates what happens when ribosomes go awry
Lactose tolerance spread through Europe faster than previously thought
A new study traces the prevalence of a lactose-tolerance mutation through genetic analysis of Bronze Age bones
To understand SARS-CoV-2, scientists found its wild cousins
The original host of this virus is still in question, but studying similar viruses can help us figure out how it evolved
We still don't know all the consequences of gene manipulation
Genome meddling to cure diseases is often worth the risk, but nothing else is just yet
My greatest genetic engineering fear: that we'll try to erase our flaws
Deciding what's a flaw is more complicated than it seems
To better target cancer, scientists find clues on the surface of cells
New research finds that we might need to take a step back from the inside of cells
Henry Greely, bioethicist and attorney, on why genetic tech isn't so scary
'I probably wouldn’t regulate anything except possibly parents'
BRCA genes are more complicated than most people think
Genes long considered risk factors are about much more than cancer: they help DNA repair