Although heart cells and skin cells contain identical instructions for creating proteins encoded in their DNA, they're able ...

People looking to lose weight and lower their blood sugar may someday be able to get a single injection that turns their cells into tiny factories that churn out a protein that is essentially the ...

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine alumnus and former faculty member Hamilton O. Smith, M.D., whose 1978 Nobel Prize-winning discovery of restriction enzymes revolutionized genetic ...

Michael Buck, PhD, professor of biochemistry in the Jacobs School, recently received NIH funding to explore how molecular readers of DNA access and activate seemingly hidden genes.

Tested in animal models of acute myeloid leukemia, the new nanomedicine was dramatically more effective while also less toxic ...

Unveiling a new chapter in the understanding of human genetics, scientists have discovered a hidden geometric code within our ...

Honda’s new CB1000GT turns the Hornet into a full-fat Fireblade-powered sports tourer built for big miles. Sports touring ...

Understanding how cells turn genes on and off is one of biology's most enduring mysteries. Now, a new technology developed by chemist Brian Liau and his collaborators at Harvard offers an ...

Chemists at the National University of Singapore (NUS) have found a new use for deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), not just as ...

At 35 years old, one woman finally decided to take a leap of faith and search for her biological father, despite a lifetime ...

Dear Eric: What on earth can I do with a noisy 90-year-old neighbor? I live in an apartment, and she is banging cupboard doors, pots and pans at 11 at night. I go to sleep at 10. It’s very aggravating ...

Longtime Steelers defensive captain Cam Heyward raised eyebrows inside and outside the locker room when he questioned his team's fight in the second half against Green Bay, when the Packers scored on ...