This study provides useful insights into addressing the question of whether the prevalence of autoimmune disease could be driven by sex differences in the T cell receptor (TCR) repertoire, correlating ...

A new study reports that the locations where genes begin are particularly prone to mutations, and these genetic changes can ...

Scientists discovered that the first 100 base pairs of human genes are unusually prone to mutations, especially during the ...

The DNA inside of living organisms is packed with information, so much so that it's hard to search genetic databases, but there may be a solution.

Chennai, Nov. 27 -- Highlights: ...

Technologies needed for tracing engineered biothreats back to their sources are advancing rapidly. Here are some ...

Previously overlooked regions at the start of human genes have been shown to accumulate mutations far more often than would ...

Scientists have sequenced RNA from a nearly 40,000-year-old woolly mammoth leg, the oldest ancient RNA ever recovered. These ...

RNA is a central biological macromolecule, now widely harnessed in medicine and nanotechnology. Like proteins, RNA function often depends on its precise three-dimensional structure. A recent study ...

Researchers at the Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Karolinska Institutet have captured the first detailed molecular ...