Scientists have genetically modified isolated microbes for decades. Now, using CRISPR, they intend to target entire microbiomes.

Using a circuit-based system, scientists determined the ideal transcription factor levels to promote the successful reprogramming of fibroblasts into induced pluripotent stem cells.

A study shows that different populations of the Southeast Asian ape display and transmit specific behaviors through generations in a way similar to human cultures.

Photodisc Although President Bill Clinton surely had something in mind during his 2000 State of the Union address when he asked the nation to "celebrate our diversity," insights into human diversity at the molecular level are promising to speed drug discovery and revolutionize medicine to mark- edly improve human health. Individuals differ at one in 1,000 base pairs, which adds up to a whopping number of human genetic variations when applied to the roughly three billion base pairs of the human g

Non-chimp Animal Culture By Bob Grant ARTICLE EXTRAS 1 that sponging is a socially learned behavior and likely not the result of genetic inheritance. "We were the first to consider extensive genetic data to actually exclude genetic explanations for the behavior," says Krützen. He and his team took tissue samples from 185 dolphins in Shark Bay, thirteen of which were known adult spongers. Only one of these spongers was male. The researchers genotyped each individual for 12 bi-par

Splitting Chinook salmon into two groups based on their DNA could aid conservation efforts. But some researchers argue that this would be a misuse of the data.

Variation in the number of CGG repeats in the FMR1 gene at the bottom of the X chromosome can lead to increased levels of mRNA or decreased levels of protein—both conditions that cause disease.

Do Chimps Have Culture? photo: © DLILLC / Corbis What can we learn from the fact that chimps can teach each other? By Bob Grant Related Articles Primate customs Non-chimp animal culture An entourage of subordinate chimps is gathered eagerly around Steward, the big alpha-male chimpanzee, at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center outside of Atlanta. They're watching Steward brandish a Plexiglas stick at an oblong polycarbonate box sitting behi

Thirty years out from the start of the Human Genome Project, researchers have finally finished sequencing the full 3 billion bases of a person’s genetic code. But even a complete reference genome has its shortcomings.

Metagenomic sequencing can help detect unknown pathogens, but its widespread use faces challenges.