A new study from Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) shows 14 psychiatric disorders share genetic roots, which can explain ...

An international collective of researchers is delivering new insights into why having multiple psychiatric disorders is the ...

Squid can edit their genetic information in a place scientists didn’t expect. Longfin inshore squid (Doryteuthis pealeii) are the first known animals that can tweak strings of RNA outside of a nerve ...

Around one million individuals worldwide become infected with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, each year. To replicate and spread the infection, the virus must smuggle its genetic material into the ...

Cell division, the basic means by which genetic information is passed from generation to generation, involves tightly coordinated movements of a cell's DNA. This page describes the major phases of ...

As species continue to face massive extinction, preserving genetic material through judicious biobanking to enable cloning is key to promoting the survival of species and maintaining biodiversity.

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — The virus that causes COVID-19, which scientists refer to as SARS-CoV-2, likely does not integrate its genetic material into the genes of humans, according to a study published ...

Certain aspects of human reproductive biology are well understood; we know that when a sperm enters an egg, the genetic material from each cell merges to form a zygote, which develops into a human ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Scientists have extracted from dental enamel the oldest human genetic material ever obtained, helping clarify the pivotal place in the human evolutionary lineage of a mysterious ...

It’s been about four months since the new coronavirus released its wrath on the world — killing thousands and infecting millions — but information on its origin remains unclear, scientists say. One ...

DNA flows inside a cell's nucleus in a choreographed line dance, new simulations reveal. The finding is the first large-scale explanation of genetic material moving within a working cell. The dancing ...