New study reveals hidden viral DNA in primates plays key role in gene regulation and evolution through ancient regulatory ...

UCLA Health researchers at the Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center have recently won a pair of grants worth in total nearly ...

People living in high pollution areas may rack up DNA glitches that trigger lung cancer, scientists suggest July 2 in Nature. Those glitches can include mutations that hobble the very genes that ...

Scientists discovered that ancient viral DNA sequences called MER11, once dismissed as genetic junk, actually act as ...

Science is opening new doors all the time to understanding how our genes impact our lives. It’s long been known that genetics ...