New @hopkinskimmel research finds extra copies of chromosome 1q may drive the earliest stages of pancreatic cancer. › ...

Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center and its Ludwig Center uncovered new evidence that extra copies of a specific chromosome segment ...

In human cells, DNA carries chemical or "epigenetic" marks that decide how genes will be used in different tissues. Yet in a ...

Centromeres play virtually the same central role across the entire tree of life: They ensure the faithful segregation of ...

Researchers at the MRC Laboratory of Medical Sciences (LMS) and Imperial College London have shown for the first time that, before they can start developing into egg and sperm cells, the embryonic ...

Researchers have uncovered the enzyme behind chromothripsis, a chaotic chromosome-shattering event seen in about one in four cancers. The enzyme, N4BP2, breaks apart DNA trapped in tiny cellular ...

By late life, a surprising share of men have blood cells that no longer carry the Y chromosome at all, according to large genetic studies in cohorts such as the UK Biobank. That quiet genetic drift ...

STEMart announces the expansion of its genetic toxicology capabilities with the In Vivo Rat Micronucleus Test services.

Researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have developed a new computational approach designed to ...

Flax is a globally important crop valued for its fiber, industrial uses, and omega-3-rich oil, yet incomplete genomic information has long limited efforts to understand and improve its key traits.

It took a while for the science to basically catch up to that suspicion.” In these types of “recessive” conditions, the ...

A major breakthrough could help save the world’s bananas from a devastating disease. Scientists have discovered the exact ...