are the closest living relatives of animals, and their genomes contain versions of the genes Sox and POU, known for driving ...

Certain types of cancer are common in the United States and are often influenced by lifestyle choices. For example, skin ...

Decades of caste discrimination have contributed to India having higher levels of child stunting rates than across ...

In a recent paper published in the journal Genome Research, experts described the chromatin arrangement in the genomes of two ...

A team of Tel Aviv University researchers claims to have made progress in the path to treating Parkinson’s disease. The team found that a variant of a protein, caused by a genetic mutation, enhances ...

Cannabis use causes cellular damage that increases the risk of highly cancerous tumors, according to a new paper published in ...

Pritchards Island is deemed one of the best outdoor labs on the East Coast. It’s become a selling point as USCB develops a ...

By exploiting the genetic variation in cancer cells, an already approved cancer drug demonstrated enhanced effects against cancer cells in specific patient groups.

The interplay between the genetic makeup of crops and the conditions in which they grow is difficult to untangle. A research team aims to help breeders analyze the interactions to make crops more ...

Using CRISPR, the popular gene-editing tool, scientists bumped up the fruit’s sugar content by 30 percent without sacrificing ...

New research exploring the roots of modern Japanese populations has linked the genetic signature of Jomon hunter-gatherers to a higher body mass index (BMI) among individuals, underlining that ancient ...

On March 27, 1827, the day after Ludwig van Beethoven's death, his associates uncovered a hidden trove of documents in his ...