The Yersinia pestis strain extracted from the bones of Black Death victims may no longer exist.
The Yersinia pestis strain extracted from the bones of Black Death victims may no longer exist.
A new yeast species found in Patagonia appears to be the missing half of the long-used lager yeast.
A new microfluidics chip lets researchers analyze the nucleic acids of 300 individual cells simultaneously.
Researchers identify new mutations in schizophrenia patients without a family history of the disease.
Healthy mice are born from germ cell precursors grown in vitro.
The Nobel Prize winner who discovered the gene that encodes the major histocompatibility complex passes away at age 90.
Sequencing the DNA of individual neurons is a way to dissect the genes underlying major neurological and psychological disorders.
Motivated by a career-ending ligament tear, a former NFL player starts a company to test athletes' genetic predispositions to common sports injuries.
Using the strongest molecular binding partnership in biology to separate different cell types
Isolating specific cell types from a mass of plant or animal tissue is laborious and tricky. To study epigenetic changes and genes that are expressed differently in different cell lineages—such as cancer cells versus normal cells, or the two types of