Honeybees in a hive have fairly identical genes. T...  ...ach other anyway. But "epigenetic" changes in the DNA , those that switch genes on or off chemically, di...  ...nt and pattern of methyl (CH3) molecules in their DNA .Led by Andrew Feinberg of Johns Hopkins Universit...  ...roles. Examination of the methy...

You'd be surprised to learn that 98% of hu...  ...You'd be surprised to learn that 98% of human DNA actually don't encode for anything. Som...  ...Susumu Ohno coined the term "junk DNA " for the noncoding part of our genetic...  ...term stuck. But new studies show that junk *...

What happens when a crime is committed and the sus...  ...monkey wrench into eyewitness accounts, and their DNA is identical, too. Often such cases -and there ar...  .... Epigenetics refers to chemical modifications to DNA that may change how genes are expressed. A study...

A new look at forgotten or overlooked science by...  ...ade entirely of deoxyribonucleic acid (the famous DNA ), arranged as long, long, astoundingly thin, twis...  ...s passed from parent to child is contained in the DNA . In a paramecium, the most famous chunks of DNA are con...

Say it with love ... and DNA ! Researchers from Harvard Medical School...  ...have made letters and wingdings out of DNA . Each one of the letter above is made f...  ...nsisting of more than 1,000 tiles. DNA

Criminals can run, but they can't hide forever. Li...  ...managers in Knoxville, Tennessee are resorting to DNA testing to enforce poop scooping rules: Apartm...  ...ules: Apartment managers start by sending in a DNA sample from every dog in the complex, usually on...  ...swab that has been swiped in the d...

Think that DNA is the only molecule that can encode genetic mate...  ...'s team focused on six XNAs (xeno-nucleic acids). DNA and RNA are made of a sugar, a phosph...  ...enzymes that could copy a gene from a DNA molecule to an XNA molec...

Stephen Gaeta (featured previously) is a docto...  ...alled Transgenic is composed of the text from the DNA of chromosome 1 of the human gene. It's a very lo...

Could the building blocks of life been first delivered to Earth from outer space? That is what some research may be suggesting. "People have been finding nucleobases in meteorites for about 50 years now, and have been...

From people claiming to be 130 years old to lying...  ...made by researchers at UCLA. They found that the DNA contained in a person's saliva undergoes changes...  ...person gets older. One of the building blocks of DNA experiences a process known as methylation, which...