In 1985, Alec Jeffrey’s DNA fingerprinting first started being used in the courts, initially to settle immigration cases and later in the field of forensics. It helped secure the prosecution of Colin ...

POLK expression in neurons and report an important observation that POLK exhibits an age-dependent change in subcellular localization, from the nucleus in young tissue to the cytoplasm in old tissue.

DNA editing makes permanent changes to a person’s genome ... Manjeera Gowravaram has a PhD in RNA biochemistry and works as a ...

The CRISPR tool is capable of repairing the genetic defect responsible for the immune disease chronic granulomatous disease. However, researchers have now shown that there is a risk of inadvertently ...

The "RNA world" hypothesis proposes that the earliest life on Earth may have been based on RNA -; a single-stranded molecule similar in many ways to DNA -; like some modern viruses. This is because, ...

F or the first time ever, two black-footed ferret kits have been born to a cloned endangered animal. The mother is a ferret ...

Nobel Prize winner and UC Berkeley professor Jennifer Doudna presented developments on her gene research at a UC Santa Barbara Arts & Lectures event on Oct. 22.

A new collaborative study from Karolinska Institutet published in Science Advances shows that the levels of mitochondrial DNA ...

Derek Urwin has a special stake in his work as a cancer control researcher. After undergraduate studies in applied mathematics at UCLA, he became a firefighter.

The UC Berkeley biochemist developed the simple, widely used "Ames test" to identify cancer-causing chemicals.

The award will fund work on DNA replication and pathways for cancer treatment, and create a community lab for local students to get research experience.