A new study has uncovered how an exceptionally scarce protein can orchestrate the assembly of large-scale gene-silencing structures inside cells, and what happens when that process breaks down. The ...

For decades, the Golden State Killer avoided capture despite leaving DNA at multiple crime scenes. Traditional databases failed, fingerprints led nowhere, and the case went cold. Everything changed ...

Single-element amorphous metals, or metallic glass, are considered an ideal model systems for studying atomic-scale amorphous and glass formation. Moreover, their unique physical and chemical ...

Epigenetic analysis, especially DNA methylation profiling of plasma cell-free DNA (cfDNA), has recently emerged as a promising clinical tool. Choosing the right analytical method is crucial for ...

African swine fever (ASF) is a fatal viral disease of domestic and wild pigs, with mortality rates reaching up to 100%. In the absence of a safe and effective vaccine in non-endemic countries, it is ...

At the heart of the case against the man accused of the Gilgo Beach killings is DNA evidence — but the novel way that evidence was tested may now determine whether prosecutors can use it against their ...

This important work advances our understanding of DNA methylation and its consequences for susceptibility to DNA damage. This work presents evidence that DNA methylation can accentuate the genomic ...

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The AI2Health cluster of the Ken Kennedy Institute and the Synthetic Biology Institute at Rice University hosted a debriefing and collaborative discussion session on the Spirit of Asilomar summit June ...