For decades, gene-editing science has been limited to making small, precise edits to human DNA, akin to correcting typos in ...

Our gut microbes and genes are in constant conversation, shaping each other in ways that affect everything from immunity and ...

Researchers work in a mobile Fire-Eye laboratory in Beijing in June 2020. The labs can identify coronavirus infections, as well as decipher and analyze human DNA. (Fu ...

The Y chromosome, the male relation genetic signature, has been a mystery to scientists for centuries. It’s the most repetitive and complex region of the human genome, and never before was it possible ...

For decades, scientists have known that bacteria can exchange genetic material in a process called horizontal gene transfer. Research by Professor ...

With a clearer picture of which genes are most involved in root development, plant breeders can target traits like yield, ...

Scientists are exploring how RNA might have jump-started life four billion years ago and how it's now advancing drug ...

Ion channels have been created that are selectively activated by cocaine and that act to either stimulate or inhibit the electrical activity of neuronal cells in the brain. These cocaine-activated ion ...

From CASP to the Virtual Cell Challenge, researchers are leveraging science competitions and high-risk, high-reward grants to ...