A research team led by Prof. Wang Yi and Wei Haiming from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), in ...

They look like ordinary horses, with their honey brown coats and white patches. But these 10-month-old foals in Argentina are ...

Researchers at the Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) interdisciplinary research group of the Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research ...

With the power to rewrite the genetic code underlying countless diseases, CRISPR holds immense promise to revolutionize ...

This important work advances our understanding of DNA methylation and its consequences for susceptibility to DNA damage. This work presents evidence that DNA methylation can accentuate the genomic ...

Researchers funded by the U.S. Navy have used gene-editing technology to make house spiders produce red fluorescent silk. This might seem like a quirky scientific novelty, but the breakthrough is a ...

RNA 5-methylcytosine (m5C) modification is a crucial epitranscriptomic mark that regulates RNA stability, processing, and translation. Emerging evidence highlights its essential role in various ...

A fresh take on gene-editing, centered on engineered recombinases, emerges as Brink Therapeutics, a Paris-based biotech startup, secures €3.5 million ($4 million) in seed funding with Kuma Partners ...

An INRS team discovers a new family of enzymes capable of inducing targeted cuts in single-stranded DNA . A few years ago, the advent of technology known as CRISPR was a major breakthrough in the ...

A new family of enzymes enables precise cuts in single-stranded DNA, offering powerful new tools for genetic engineering and expanding possibilities in biotechnology. (Nanowerk News) A few years ago, ...

Could it be that one of only three known markers directly targeting the DNA does not exist outside the realm of microbes? Now, researchers have demonstrated that this marker -- N4-methylcytosine (4mC) ...

The discovery of DNA ligase by the Gellert, Lehman, Richardson, and Hurwitz teams in 1967 was a breakthrough in molecular biology. These essential enzymes maintain genome integrity and play a vital ...