The Age of AI will rely on massive volumes of data that can be easily stored and retrieved—and bioscience may have an ...

In our bodies, there are trillions of cells. DNA is the foundation of organisms, but what does it stand for? Get to know more about this nucleic acid.

DNA is often called the blueprint of life, but what does that really mean? Elizabeth Worthey, Ph.D., associate professor, Department of Genetics in the Heersink School of Medicine, explains everything ...

Dive into the basics of DNA and its role in genetics. From structure to function, ExtremeTech explains it all. Discover the building blocks of life today.

Patients and doctors need to have access to them and patient privacy must be protected at the same time, the author writes.

Although very catchy, the term "junk DNA" repelled mainstream researchers from studying noncoding genetic material for many years. After all, who would like to dig through genomic garbage ...

What does CRISPR/Cas9 do? CRISPR/Cas9 is a system found in bacteria and involved in immune defence. Bacteria use CRISPR/Cas9 to cut up the DNA of invading bacterial viruses that might otherwise ...

How much DNA do humans share with a banana? When broken down, humans and bananas share 1-2% of the same DNA. That is the science.