Scientists discovered that certain gene changes allow cells to function even when frataxin, the protein lost in Friedreich’s ...

Viruses are typically described as tiny, perfectly geometric shells that pack genetic material with mathematical precision, ...

People typically think about evolution as a linear process where, within a species, the classic adage of "survival of the ...

A UCR study finds just 6% of clinical trials used to approve new drugs in the U.S. reflect the country’s racial and ethnic ...

The pace of innovation in the Life Sciences field is accelerating, and the regulatory oversight of the resulting products and ...

Ancient DNA from Denisovans left humans a powerful genetic advantage — a gene that helped early Americans survive new ...

Metagenomics uncovers the full cast of microbes living in environments from soil to the human gut. New methods help ...

Wood warblers, also called New World warblers, are some of the most colorful birds in North America, with more than a hundred ...

Today's biomedical researchers are relentlessly searching for genes that drive disease, with the goal of creating therapies ...

A new University of California San Diego School of Medicine study offers a unified biological model to explain how genetic ...

Every face is unique. Genetics helps to determine our features, but sometimes genes have errors which, in early fetal ...

The three-hit model, developed from more than a decade of systems biology research, proposes that autism develops when three ...