Agriculture, from the outset, has been made possible by humans tweaking the genes of plants to make them grow faster, produce ...

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

The gut microbiome — made up of trillions of microbes in the digestive tract — is vital for digestion and overall health. Diet and medication shape ...

Scientists investigate psychological responses to long-term experiences of lack of natural light, spatial confinement, ambient noise, living and working with the same small group of people, and mental ...

Study finds CRISPR/Cas gene editing causes “chromatin fatigue” – another surprise mechanism by which it can produce unwanted ...

On 4 December, EU negotiators reached an agreement to deregulate plants engineered with new genomic techniques. In this op-ed ...

All of our food plants started from wild ancestors. Most plants and animals, it now appears, originated from a single source ...

Scientists identify the first non-coding gene that directly controls cell size, reshaping how biology explains growth and ...

Marine bacteria, specifically Photobacterium angustum, show remarkable promise in combating colorectal cancer. Researchers ...

Researchers created pea-sized brain structures from stem cells to study neural firing patterns, correctly identifying bipolar disorder and schizophrenia.

A new study reveals how a previously unexplored gene in the non-coding genome helps regulate cell size, a discovery that could open new avenues for treating conditions like cancer and anemia.