A deeper understanding of how DNA changes over generations helps scientists learn why people differ and how diseases develop.

Entitled “DNA Basics: An Introduction to DNA and Genealogy,” it will be offered Nov. 19 at noon, EST. The speaker is Certified Genealogist Beth Taylor, who according to her bio, ...

DNA is a biological molecule that contains the instructions an organism needs to function, develop, and reproduce. It is present in all forms of life on earth and contains each organism’s ...

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The basics of base editing. As a postdoc, Komor found a way to achieve gene-editing with higher efficiencies and a lower incidence of indels by avoiding double-stranded breaks.