The study focused on rare DNA damage-repair (DDR) disorders, including Ataxia-Telangiectasia (A-T) and Bloom syndrome. These ...

The discovery of old bones could finally reveal the real life story of d'Artagnan—who has long been cast in the shadow of ...

A team of engineers at the University of Florida has developed a new form of CRISPR technology that could make diagnostics ...

A previously unknown type of DNA damage in the mitochondria, the tiny power plants inside our cells, could shed light on how our bodies sense and respond to stress. The findings of the UC ...

Scientists analyzing the genomes of thousands of people across Japan discovered evidence for a previously overlooked third ...

A major genetic analysis of over 3,200 Japanese individuals reveals a more complex ancestry than previously thought, ...

James D. Watson, the brilliant but controversial American biologist whose 1953 discovery of the structure of DNA, the molecule of heredity, ushered in the age of genetics and provided the foundation ...

James Dewey Watson, whose co-discovery of the twisted-ladder structure of DNA in 1953 helped launch a revolution in biology and medicine, died Thursday at age 97. He died in hospice care after a brief ...

James D. Watson, whose co-discovery of the twisted-ladder structure of DNA in 1953 helped light the long fuse on a revolution in medicine, crimefighting, genealogy and ethics, has died. He was 97. The ...