In a rapidly changing climate landscape, the plants we rely on for food, textiles and more face a multitude of challenges, ...

Structural variation, such as deletions, duplications, inversions and complex rearrangements, can have profound effects on gene expression, genome stability, phenotypic diversity and disease ...

Silicon chips have powered computing for half a century. Increasingly, they are also becoming platforms to read and ...

The return of the long-extinct wooly mammoth or dodo bird may sound like a storyline straight out of science fiction. It’s not. Several de-extinction projects all share an ambitious aim to resurrect ...

Genetic engineering is moving from the lab bench into clinics, farms, and even family planning decisions, promising to change how we prevent disease, age, and define human potential. The same tools ...

In one of the largest-ever studies of DNA and brain volume, researchers have identified 254 genetic variants that shape key structures in the "deep brain," including those that control memory, motor ...

Researchers have uncovered multiple new genes and genetic pathways that could lead to repurposing hundreds of existing drugs for osteoarthritis, the most common form of arthritis. The research, which ...

The effects of a genetic brain disorder are not necessarily permanent. For centuries, the genetic lottery has shaped our health and our futures. In Destiny's Child No Longer: Rewriting Genetic Fate, ...

Study: Genetic dissection of stool frequency implicates vitamin B1 metabolism and other actionable pathways in the modulation of gut motility. Image credit: LumenSt/Shutterstock.com A recent study in ...