University of California San Diego researchers have discovered the enzyme responsible for chromothripsis, a process in which ...

UC San Diego scientists discover enzyme responsible for scrambling cancer genomes; results could enable new treatments for ...

University of California San Diego researchers have discovered the enzyme responsible for chromothripsis, a process in which a single chromosome is shattered into pieces and rearranged in a scrambled ...

One of the biggest mistakes you can make in life is believing that you know everything there is to know. Even if you’re ...

After more than 50 years of research, scientists still don't know exactly what causes autism. But the data make clear that ...

More than a decade after the first Neanderthal genome was sequenced, scientists are still working to understand how ...

Researchers discovered that a long-misunderstood protein plays a key role in helping chromosomes latch onto the right “tracks” during cell division. Instead of acting like a motor, it works more like ...

A collaborative effort by the Formosa-Jordan lab from the Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research in Cologne, ...

Complex life, eukaryotes, traces its origins to a shared ancestor among the Asgard archaea, reshaping our understanding of ...

Small, cancer-associated DNA circles "hitchhike" on chromosomes during cell division to spread efficiently to daughter cells ...

EMBL researchers have created a new AI tool that uses a “molecular laser tag” approach to identify cells capable of revealing the earliest origins of cancer. The human body depends on accurate genetic ...

This week we learned that the Neanderthal/Denisovan/Human family tree is pretty complicated, thanks to a close look into some Neanderthals' Y chromosomes. Hosted by: Hank Green Huge thanks go to the ...