The nuclei in our cells are miniature warehouses safeguarding the genetic blueprint for the body's biologic machinery. As ...

At meeting on human embryo editing, CRISPR pioneer says science is a long way from knowing if germline DNA can be safely ...

Officials at ARM, ASGCT, and ISCT convened a small group of scientists, policy experts, religious leaders and patient ...

The longtime director of the National Human Genome Research Institute is stepping down, as the larger NIH braces for more ...

For more basic information about genes, visit the Glossary. A rough draft of the human genome was completed in June 2000. Efforts are underway to complete a final draft of the human genome ...

At Illumina, we understand how important it is for life sciences researchers to ... Sanger to sequence the first full genome. The first draft of the human genome was sequenced in 2001 and the ...

"A more complete view of variation within our genomes is foundational to advancing research on cancer, aging, and infertility, as well as countless other aspects of human health." Our genome sequences ...

The Gilgo Beach murder case is moving toward trial, but Rex Heuermann's attorneys are challenging something called nuclear ...

Like the human immune system, bacteria learn from past infections ... short guide RNA to direct the enzymes to introduce cuts at specific points in the genome. Cas9, the first Cas protein repurposed ...

HERVs, or human endogenous retroviruses, make up around 8% of the human genome, left behind as a result of infections that humanity’s primate ancestors suffered millions of years ago. They became part ...

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine are private, nonprofit institutions that provide expert advice on some of the most pressing challenges facing the nation and world. Our ...

Each cell of the human body contains two meters of DNA ... the Institute of Gene Biology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, and other scientific organizations have also made efforts in this ...