Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Double-strand breaks in DNA can be deadly. Victor Golmer/iStock via Getty Images Plus Your DNA is continually damaged by sources ...

Researchers developed ΨDNA, a DNA-based CRISPR guide that allows Cas12 enzymes to target RNA with high specificity while ...

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

RNA’s Surprising Role in DNA Repair New insights could lead to improved treatments for cancer and other diseases. Francesca Storici and her research team discovered a surprising role for RNA in DNA ...

RNA is the means of translating the genetic code embedded in DNA into proteins, which serve as enzymes, transporters, ...

The new CRISPR platform, called ΨDNA, reprograms Cas12 nucleases to recognize and act on RNA using a DNA-based guide scaffold ...

RNA is one of the bodies most vital molecules, and it comes in a few forms. For example, messenger RNA fills an essential role in gene expression by copying the sequences of active genes, which are ...

New CRISPR approach: HKUST scientists created a DNA-guided CRISPR-Cas12a system that targets RNA, overturning the traditional RNA-guided DNA model. Diagnostic potential: The SLEUTH platform showed ...

But methyl groups aren’t easily passed to the next generation: Fertilized eggs erase most of these marks from both sets of chromosomes before the embryo starts to divide. And mature sperm replaces ...