From basic research to beneficial therapies
Swapping chromosomes from one human egg to another could eliminate mitochondrial DNA mutations that cause disease.
Keith Campbell, a biologist who was part of the effort to clone Dolly the sheep, has passed away at the age of 58.
Laboratory-raised populations of dung beetles reveal a mother's extragenetic influence on the physiques of her sons.
What researchers are learning as they sequence, map, and decode species’ genomes
Mice raised in isolation from their mothers developed cognitive deficits similar to those of babies raised in orphanages where physical contact is infrequent.
A massive project involving hundreds of scientists suggests that very little—if any—of the human genome is truly non-functional.
The brain’s phagocytes follow an ATP bread trail laid down by calcium waves to the site of damage.
The human genome that researchers sequenced at the turn of the century doesn’t really exist as we know it.
Japanese astronauts deliver an aquarium to the International Space Station to study the effects of microgravity on marine life.