The Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) can cause certain types of cancer or autoimmune diseases, but how the body controls this common viral infection is largely unknown. Researchers at the University Hospital ...

DNA is the blueprint of life. Genes encode proteins and serve as the body's basic components. However, building a functioning ...

The power of artificial intelligence (AI) and advanced computing has made it possible to design genetic sequences encoding for diverse biological applications, such as proteins that form the building ...

Investigators are turning to a process known as investigative genetic genealogy, or IGG, in the search for missing Nancy Guthrie.

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 ...

Imagine having to isolate DNA fragments that are very short and only make up 0.001% of your total sample. This was the challenge faced by Adrian Briggs and his colleagues in Svante Pääbo's laboratory ...

A version of this Priestley Medal address will be presented at the American Chemical Society Spring 2026 meeting ...