DNA itself is made from four chemical building blocks, or bases, which are strung together in endlessly varied combinations. It's the order of these bases -- adenine (A), thymine (T), guanine (G) and ...
The oldest known plague victims date back to around 5,000 years ago in Europe. But it’s never been clear whether two cases, one in Latvia and one in Sweden, were isolated and sporadic or evidence of a ...
Fresh from solving the protein structure challenge, Google’s deep-learning outfit is moving on to the human genome. Google DeepMind says it’s trained an artificial intelligence that can predict which ...
A study conducted by the Development and Growth Control Laboratory at IRB Barcelona sheds light on the contribution of DNA damage to the invasiveness of cancer cells. The discovery challenges the ...
With a new study in the journal Cell, researchers at Stanford University and Stockholm University have contributed to ...
A brain disorder associated with chronic repeated head blows, may also have a genetic component. A new study from Boston Children’s Hospital reveals DNA damage, similar to Alzheimer’s disease in the ...