SMC proteins can reverse direction, reshaping DNA and solving key scientific debates. This discovery could impact research on ...

In recent years, scientists and biohackers have sought out ways to "reset" our epigenetic clocks in order to slow down the aging process. This latest study, published in Nature Aging, however, ...

Complete recombination map of the human-genome, a major step in genetics . Scientists at deCODE genetics/Amgen have ...

Scientists at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Harvard Medical School, and McLean Hospital have discovered a ...

Scientists have discovered a surprising mechanism by which the inherited genetic mutation known to cause Huntington's disease leads to the death of brain cells. The findings change the understanding ...

New genetic research shows why some people develop deadly Huntington's disease earlier than others. The findings could lead ...

Published in Cell, the study titled, “Long somatic DNA-repeat expansion drives neurodegeneration in Huntington’s disease,” ...

Scientists at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Harvard Medical School, and McLean Hospital have discovered a surprising mechanism by which the inherited genetic mutation known to cause ...

Osteosarcoma is a type of aggressive bone cancer that most commonly affects children and young adults between the ages of 10 and 20, during times of rapid bone growth. Although rare, it has a ...

Scientists at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Harvard Medical School, and McLean Hospital have discovered a ...

Study explains long-standing question of why Huntington’s disease symptoms typically do not appear until midlife even though ...