Although heart cells and skin cells contain identical instructions for creating proteins encoded in their DNA, they're able ...

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine alumnus and former faculty member Hamilton O. Smith, M.D., whose 1978 Nobel Prize-winning discovery of restriction enzymes revolutionized genetic ...

What we choose to study—whether fine art or finance—is one of the most influential decisions in our lives. It shapes not only ...

In the largest genetic analysis of polycystic ovary syndrome to date, scientists have identified new variants linked to the ...

The grantmaking organization Open Philanthropy has awarded funding for a University of California San Diego technology ...

While some practices remain controversial or speculative, biohackers are united by a shared curiosity: how can we engineer ...

Native to the arctic waters of the northern hemisphere, the Bowhead whale can live for centuries, and now scientists think ...