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Cell and gene therapies are the engine powering the future of medicine. They hold the promise of treating many diseases that currently elude researchers and clinicians — including cancer, cystic ...

Traditional vaccines contain weak or inactive forms of viruses or bacteria. They stimulate your body's immune system to respond to the disease-causing substance, which protects you if you're exposed ...

Curiosity is one of the top reasons people try at-home DNA test kits, but that's balanced by worries over who has access to such private info, a PrivacyHQ study finds ...

A woman expecting her first child got thinking about DNA, and sparked major debate with one simple question. Brianna Donovan, 28 and from Boston, Massachusetts, took to her TikTok account ...

To our immune system, a potentially lifesaving gene therapy can look a lot like a dangerous infection. That's because most ...

The District Attorney for the 18th Judicial District, which includes both Arapahoe and Douglas counties, sent a letter last week to dozens of prison inmates about potential issues with DNA evidence in ...

“The laws of inheritance are quite unknown,” Charles Darwin acknowledged in 1859. The discovery of DNA’s shape altered how we conceived of life itself. The X-ray crystallography by Rosalind Franklin ...

When Steve Edsel was a boy, his adoptive parents kept a scrapbook of newspaper clippings in their bedroom closet. He would ask for it sometimes, poring over the headlines about his birth. Headlines ...

Several companies offer affordable DNA testing kits. Costs vary, and a person may have to purchase a subscription to access the test’s full range of features. Individuals may want to consult a doctor ...