With the help of directed evolution, scientists inch closer to developing viral vectors that can cross the human blood-brain barrier to deliver gene therapy.

With deep learning methods revolutionizing life sciences, researchers bet on de novo proteins and cell mapping models to deliver customized precision medicines.

Scientists around the world investigate how bat immune systems cope with viral attacks and how this information could be used to keep humans safe.

Clinical trials that target human endogenous retroviruses to treat multiple sclerosis, ALS, and other ailments are underway, but many questions remain about how these sequences may disrupt our biology.

Noncoding RNAs are proving to be critical players in the evolution of brain anatomy and cognitive complexity.

Bacteria that live in the digestive tracts of animals may influence the adaptive trajectories of their hosts.

Early reports that Omicron causes less-severe disease than Delta seem to be borne out, but it’s not yet clear to what extent that’s due to the variant itself versus the populations it’s infecting.

In people with the genetic condition, inflammation can cause a mild infection to snowball out of control, a study finds.

Understanding the biological roots of cooperation might help resolve some of the biggest scientific challenges we face.

Jacob Halaska, ©Index Stock Imagery Researchers like mice. US government statistics reveal that the whiskered ones show up in 90% of all experiments. Mice come cheap, procreate often, and die fairly quickly. And although evolution separates mouse from human by an estimated 75 to 100 million years, biologically and genetically speaking, they share a lot; as much as 85% of the DNA in mice is the same in humans. The research ground that mice have domineered for a century, however, is reced