For example, synthetic structures made of DNA could one day be used to deliver cancer drugs directly to tumor cells, and customized proteins could be designed to specifically attack a certain kind of ...

In human cells, there are about 20,000 genes on a two-meter DNA strand—finely coiled up in a nucleus about 10 micrometers in diameter. By comparison, this corresponds to a 40-kilometer thread packed ...

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Advanced DNA sequencing technologies and a new model of stem cell research have enabled an international team to discover a ...

US scientists testing the technique say it could help people overcome infertility and potentially allow same-sex couples to ...