Genes on the sex chromosomes would be expected to show different activity between men (with an X chromosome and a Y chromosome) and women (with two X chromosomes). However, most (90%) sex-biased genes ...

New data reveals differences in gene activity in the brains of men and women. They start in the womb and evolved millions of ...

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine alumnus and former faculty member Hamilton O. Smith, M.D., whose 1978 Nobel Prize-winning discovery of restriction enzymes revolutionized genetic ...

People looking to lose weight and lower their blood sugar may someday be able to get a single injection that turns their ...

Researchers set a new world record for the fastest DNA sequencing, completing a whole genome in under four hours—a ...

At times, aging doesn’t become evident in wrinkles or in gray hair, it occurs deep inside your body, in cells that have ceased to divide but are still alive. These “zombie cells,” or senescent cells ...

Recent research has uncovered a fascinating mechanism in the nematode worm C. elegans that could have profound implications ...

An artificial intelligence model predicts how brain immune cells react to RNA and DNA nanoparticles, helping scientists design safer and more effective nucleic acid therapies faster.

New research posits that a genetic incompatibility between female offspring of humans and Neanderthals and their children ...

A newly discovered protein from Earth's toughest animal is inspiring breakthrough therapies for cancer and cardiovascular ...

Decades of research has viewed DNA as a sequence-based instruction manual ... Feinberg School of Medicine New research reveals the second language of the human genome – one not written in its chemical ...

Scientists used DNA testing on 1,200-year-old feces to detect E. coli, pinworms, and Giardia in ancient Mexico, and found ...