A study by IRB Barcelona reveals that transfer RNA (tRNA) genes accumulate mutations at a frequency up to nine times higher ...

Humans have about 3 billion DNA bases in their genetic makeup. However, most of it does not encode for protein.

Remarkably, 98 percent of our DNA does not code for genes. Once considered “junk DNA,” it is now well appreciated that these ...

Researchers at Bar-Ilan University have discovered that changing just one letter in DNA can completely alter sex development ...

Inocras and the Broad Institute analyzed 8,000+ TCGA cancer genomes to uncover new drivers and create a harmonized dataset ...

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD) can have the same genetic cause, a discovery that won ...

Schizophrenia is a complex mental health condition that can can affect behaviors, thoughts, and emotions; patients may ...

Changing just a single base in a specific DNA region of a female mouse embryo led to the development of male reproductive organs. A research team led by Nitzan Gonen at Bar-Ilan University in Israel h ...

The genome has thousands of genes that code for proteins, which help carry out many of the cell's important functions. But ...

Researchers from Inocras, a bioinformatics-led company harnessing the power of whole-genome data and proprietary analytics to ...

Weight-loss responses to GLP-1 obesity drugs, and risks of side effects, may be linked to genetic variants, according to a ...