Mice have remained the focal point for life sciences research for the past several decades. Their universality in biomedicine ...

The new findings strengthen the "RNA world" hypothesis that describes how the first life on Earth could have used RNA instead ...

Biology has always been an unruly science. Cells divide when they want to. Genes switch on and off like temperamental lights.

A new CRISPR breakthrough shows scientists can turn genes back on without cutting DNA, by removing chemical tags that act ...

The research represents a major step forward in revealing how the three dimensional form of DNA shapes the way human biology functions. In a major step toward understanding how the physical form of ...

Blood cancer is an umbrella term for a variety of diseases that affect the blood, bone marrow and lymphatic system. Like most ...

Research reveals that five DNA letters can switch chromatin between fluid and solid-like states, influencing gene ...

AI can now create genome viruses in laboratories and redesign toxins to evade controls, raising biosafety alert and rise of ...

When scientists pulled genetic material from a pair of naturally preserved bodies in the central Sahara, they expected to ...

New evidence of wolves and humans living together on Swedish island points to likely prehistoric domestication ...

Prehistoric wolf remains discovered on the Swedish island of Stora Karlsö suggest humans cared for wolves thousands of years ...

A new method of reversing Alzheimer's shows promise in an animal study, as researchers at University Hospitals restore brain ...