Every cell in the body has the same DNA, but different cell types—such as muscle or brain cells—use different parts of it.

Unveiling a new chapter in the understanding of human genetics, scientists have discovered a hidden geometric code within our ...

Although heart cells and skin cells contain identical instructions for creating proteins encoded in their DNA, they're able ...

Michael Buck, PhD, professor of biochemistry in the Jacobs School, recently received NIH funding to explore how molecular readers of DNA access and activate seemingly hidden genes.

In a world first, a bespoke gene-editing therapy benefited one child. Now researchers plan to launch a clinical trial of the approach ...

For the first time, a research team led by the Mark and Mary Stevens Neuroimaging and Informatics Institute (Stevens INI) at the Keck School of Medicine of USC has mapped the genetic architecture of a ...