What kinds of mutations exist? Mutations aren't just grouped according to where they occur — frequently, they are also categorized by the length of the nucleotide sequences they affect.

A new technique in building DNA structures at a microscopic level has the potential to advance drug delivery and disease ...

The simple question of "why five" has puzzled scientists from multiple fields, and the answer still isn't entirely clear.

A DNA-based diet, also known as personalized nutrition or DNA diet, is a dietary approach tailored to an individual's genetic ...

A single DNA nucleotide, the base unit of the human genome, is a tiny, tiny thing. Each one is made up of only 30 atoms (plus or minus a few, depending on the base), making it much too small to be ...

To assist in converting the mRNA sequence into LED pulses, [Paul] wrote a Python script that will automatically import the nucleotide string from the standard .fasta file and store each nucleotide ...

Sequence variation in human genes is largely confined to single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and is valuable in tests of association with common diseases and pharmacogenetic traits. We ...

A group of UC San Diego researchers, centered at UC San Diego's Institute for Network Medicine, teamed up with ...

Clin Drug Invest. 2007;27(8):509-531. Because of its poor tolerability, regimen complexity and drug-interaction potential relative to other new NRTIs, use of didanosine has decreased over the last ...

Bionano Genomics, Inc. (Nasdaq: BNGO) today announced significant upgrades to its suite of computational tools for comprehensive cancer analysis. These advancements to the company’s VIA™ software ...

A team led by Dr. Eddie Imada, assistant professor of research in pathology and laboratory medicine, has been awarded a three-year, $1.5 million United States Department of Defense grant for research ...

This standard, integral for disclosing and submitting amino acid and nucleotide sequence listings within patent applications, ensures greater consistency in technical terminology and enhances the ...