New brain cells may briefly damage their own DNA as they squeeze through the crowded developing brain, according to a new ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Genetic information in the DNA and modifications, such as DNA methylation, define the epigenetic landscape and phenotype and show ...

Scientists have created a programmable drug system that can zero in on cancer cells with unprecedented accuracy. Built from synthetic DNA, it only activates when it detects a precise combination of ...

For more than a century, heredity has been framed through the tidy logic of Mendel's pea plants: traits pass from parent to offspring by fixed genetic rules. But a new mouse study suggests that ...