A research team describes how they engineered an efficient new enzyme that can produce a synthetic genetic material called threose nucleic acid. The ability to synthesize artificial chains of TNA, ...

A UCLA-led study has created a map of DNA modification in two regions of the brain critical to learning, memory and emotional ...

Researchers have discovered that DNA methylation is crucial for reprogramming astrocytes into stem cells in the adult mouse brain, especially after ischemic injury, with potential implications for ...

A research team led by the University of California, Irvine has engineered an efficient new enzyme that can produce a synthetic genetic material called threose nucleic acid. The ability to synthesize ...

A study conducted by a research team from Kumamoto University has shed light on the critical role of a tRNA methylation ...

Italian startup Aptadir has launched with $1.6M to develop drugs targeting DNA hypermethylation for cancer and genetic ...

The sequencing of the human genome at the turn of the 21st century was heralded as a monumental scientific achievement ...

Inhibiting TET enzymes could potentially mitigate these effects by maintaining DNA methylation levels and preventing ...

Zhijian “James” Chen, a biochemist at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, was awarded the 2024 Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award for the discovery of the cGAS enzyme that ...

Promega files patent for first-of-its-kind enzyme that minimizes stutter artifacts in STR analysis Reduced stutter polymerase ...

The study, titled "Chemical induction of DNA demethylation by 5-Azacytidine enhances tomato fruit defense against gray mold," explores how inhibiting DNA methylation ... of enzymes such as ...