The two main approaches for discovering disease genes reveal distinct aspects of biology, a new study shows. While both ...

Smith, a microbiologist whose discovery revolutionize the field of genetic engineering, was a Johns Hopkins School of ...

Arabidopsis thaliana was always an unlikely candidate for the limelight. But 25 years ago, the diminutive thale cress ...

Genomes are key to unlocking life's evolutionary history. The presence and absence of certain genetic sequences and mutations ...

Have you ever wondered how some life forms keep going in places so cold we’d call them frozen? Places humans wouldn't dare ...

In Alzheimer's disease, the leading cause of dementia, microglia-the brain's immune defenders-can act as both protectors and aggressors, shaping how the disease progresses.

“Our findings reveal a critical step in the cellular response to genetic damage in the germline,” explains Dr Tatiana García-Muse, principal investigator at the Andalusian Centre for Molecular Biology ...

Watchmaker Genomics today announced the launch of TAPS+, a next-generation technology that unites genetic and epigenetic ...

Scientists have successfully created immature human egg-like cells from skin-derived stem cells, a significant step in ...

Dealing with obesity requires more than skipping desserts and spending hours at the gym. For many people, biology, hormones, ...

Chloroplasts—the "light power plants" of plant cells—are increasingly the focus of synthetic biology. These organelles house ...