A diagram of the DRT3 system, showing Drt3a in yellow and Drt3b in blue. (Hyunbin Lee) Scientists have just discovered an ...

Non-coding DNA variants contribute to acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) chemotherapy resistance. St. Jude Children's Research Hospital scientists have identified specific DNA variants in the ...

Scientists have uncovered new genetic causes of diabetes in infants, pointing to a region of the genome that has long been ...

Researchers at Bar-Ilan University have discovered that changing just one letter in DNA can completely alter sex development ...

Scientists have found new genetic causes for diabetes in babies—in a part of the genome that has historically been overlooked ...

Learn how small mutations in non-coding DNA can alter sex development in rodents.

Not all parts of our genetic code are equal, even when they appear to say the same thing. Scientists have discovered that ...

Researchers have revealed that so-called ‘junk DNA’ contains powerful switches that help control brain cells linked to Alzheimer’s disease. When people picture DNA, they often imagine a set of genes ...

Female mouse embryos with a single letter change in a specific region of their DNA develop male reproductive organs, finds a ...

Humans have about 3 billion DNA bases in their genetic makeup. However, most of it does not encode for protein.