Many of the fundamental principles in biology and essentially all pathways regulating development were identified in so-called genetics screens. Originally pioneered in the fruit fly…
RNA folding may help explain how the coronavirus became so hard to stop after it spilled over from wildlife to humans. We know that the…
Researchers at Yale University and the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard screened hundreds of millions of cells exposed to the COVID-19 and MERS viruses…
Poop is full of secrets. For scientists, digging into feces provides insights into animal diets and is particularly useful for understanding nocturnal or rare species….
Discovery that bacterial biofilms behave like animal embryos sheds new light on the origin of life. Bacteria are a dominant form of life that inhabit…
Mice treated with apigenin had better memory and developmental milestone scores. The plant compound apigenin improved the cognitive and memory deficits usually seen in a…
Gene editing for the development of new treatments, and for studying disease as well as normal function in humans and other organisms, may advance more…
In a National Institutes of Health-funded study involving both mice and patients who are part of an NIH Clinical Center trial, researchers discovered that a…
As of October 2020, the ongoing pandemic caused by SARS-CoV-2 has resulted in more than 35 million reported cases and more than 1 million deaths…
Researchers from the University of Copenhagen have mapped the entire nuclear genome of a saber-toothed cat. The genetic study reveals new insights about a socially…
The research could help development of new pest control methods. A unique study conducted by University of Georgia entomologists led to the discovery of a…
International research team including University of Göttingen explains advantages of molecular breeding methods More than two billion people worldwide suffer from micronutrient malnutrition due to…
New light is being shed on a little-known role of Y chromosome genes, specific to males, that could explain why men suffer differently than women…
Modifications to chromosomes in “engram” neurons control the encoding and retrieval of memories. When the brain forms a memory of a new experience, neurons called…
A mutation of the lavender variant of corn snake allows a UNIGE team to understand the mechanisms responsible for the extraordinary variety of skin colors…
University of Oregon and Northwestern University biologists show that too many crossover events can increase infertility. The exchange of DNA between chromosomes during the early…
University of Massachusetts Amherst scientists say discovery could lead to better diagnosis of male infertility. Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst have identified a…
A study published in Nature shows that a segment of DNA that causes their carriers to have an up to three times higher risk of…