Besides reviving the extinct dire wolf, Dallas' Colossal Biosciences is also working to bolster the critically endangered Eastern red wolf population.

When the mechanisms that replicate or repair mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) fail, it can cause a wide range of syndromes for which ...

This study provides valuable findings on the role of site-specific DNA methylation changes during spermatogenesis and their contribution to paternal epigenetic inheritance. The study proposes that ...

Colossal Biosciences announces the creation of direwolf-like pups via genetic editing—but are they true direwolves or just ...

New precision genome editing technologies are transforming the therapeutic landscape for patients with certain cancers and ...

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Department of Cardiology, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University; Hubei Key Laboratory of Autonomic Nervous System Modulation; Taikang Center for Life and Medical Sciences, Wuhan University; Cardiac ...

This genetic reunion, occurring roughly 300,000 years ago, resulted in one group contributing 80% of modern human DNA, while the other provided the remaining 20%. These findings suggest human ...

A new study suggests that severe trauma, like that experienced in war, can leave epigenetic “scars” on DNA that endures for generations. In the early 1980s, the Syrian regime carried out a ...

All modern humans share DNA from two ancient populations that split 1.5 million years ago and reunited through interbreeding about 300,000 years ago. The genetic mixture is approximately 80% from one ...