Researchers have identified the exact DNA sequence where human chromosomes fuse to form Robertsonian chromosomes, a ...

Scientists report that the naked mole rat’s age-defying superpower likely relates to a protein called cGAS (or cyclic ...

Genes inherited from Neandertals increase the risk of developing Dupuytren's disease, which is very common in parts of Europe ...

A person who develops age-related diseases earlier in life, or has other biological changes associated with aging (such as ...

Engineers have created DIAL, a modular system that precisely sets and edits protein levels in synthetic gene circuits. By ...

As costs for diagnostic and sequencing technologies have plummeted in recent years, researchers have collected an ...

Frogs in the Chernobyl area developed darker skin after the 1986 nuclear accident, demonstrating their natural adaptation to ...

Mitochondria isolated from onions entered lung immune cells in mice and restored their energy balance, revealing an ...

More than 1,500 Indigenous students are enrolled at UVic. The school’s stunning First Peoples’ House, designed as a safe ...

MetaGraph compresses vast data archives into a search engine for scientists, opening up new frontiers of biological discovery ...

CRISPR-based tools can’t easily access the DNA in these organelles, but researchers are finding other ways in.

Depending on the setting, the ability of a crucial bacterium in biotechnology—Agrobacterium tumefaciens—to transfer its DNA ...