First-time use of AI for genetic circuit design demonstrated in a human cell line

There are hundreds of cell types in the human body, each with a specific role spelled out in their DNA. In theory, all it ...

Science sleuths think they found Leonardo da Vinci’s DNA

Scientists are one step closer to pinpointing fragments of Leonardo da Vinci’s elusive DNA. A team of researchers from the ...

Researchers expand human genome map to 2.37 million regulatory DNA elements

A research team led by Zhiping Weng, Ph.D., and Jill Moore, Ph.D."18, at UMass Chan Medical School, has nearly tripled the ...

Unusual genetic code in Antarctic microbes yields rare amino acid

Researchers discover a unique genetic code in Antarctic archaea that encodes a rare amino acid, potentially advancing protein ...
Science Daily

The 4x rule: Why some people’s DNA is more unstable than others

A large genetic study shows that many people carry DNA sequences that slowly expand as they get older. Common genetic ...
Inverse

A Geneticist Reveals What It Really Means to Have Viking DNA

In 2022, we reported the DNA sequences of 33 medieval people buried in a Jewish cemetery in Germany. Not long after we made the data publicly available, people started comparing their own DNA with ...

Scientists Just Found a New Genetic “Glitch” Linked to Severe Health Problems

Scientists discovered that aging DNA repeats expand at wildly different speeds—and in some people, the consequences can be devastating. A sweeping genetic study drawing on data from more than 900,000 ...
Reuters

Explainer: UN nature talks debate rules for genetic information. What does that mean?

Oct 23 (Reuters) - Countries are expected to reach a deal at this month's U.N. COP16 nature summit on how the world uses and pays for genetic information extracted from nature, according to ...