genetics & genomics

A mollusk grows magnetic teeth so tough they can grind down rocks.  

Two studies show signs that the introduced DNA is functioning, but it’s too early to know if patients actually benefit.

The group had argued that a patent given to the Broad Institute overlapped with this one.

The research is among the first to find the connection in humans.

The same network of transcription factors may be responsible for both cleft palate and neural tube defects, according to a new study connecting mouse and human data.

Researchers find that it’s not just high-risk genes, but how children’s bodies respond to their own intestinal microbiota that relates to future diagnoses of type 1 diabetes.

This University of California, Davis, botanist studies the genes that regulate plant anatomy.

The agritech industry is editing plant genomes to feed a growing population, expand the produce aisle, and make tastier, more convenient food products.

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Risks that pertain to all manner of new crops are often misattributed to genetic engineering. This distorts the public’s view of the technology.

The Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory researcher is fueled by curiosity about how one species’ genome can produce a wide variety of traits.

When people prefer to go to bed is linked to hundreds of variations in their genes.

Researchers edited macaque embryos to induce symptoms of sleep disorders and chose one animal to clone. A bioethicist questions the study’s appropriateness.

Researchers use a CRISPR-Cas9 strategy to expand a desired trait from 50 percent of mouse pups to about 72 percent.

The findings of a new study contradict previous results from some of the same scientists that suggested Neanderthal DNA was gradually removed from modern human genomes.

He Jiankui could face charges after an investigation finds he used techniques prohibited in China to edit the genes of twin girls.

Two studies contest the idea that the noncoding sequences are just “junk DNA,” demonstrating that they play important roles in the regulation of cell growth.

Immune checkpoint inhibitors are generally most effective against tumors with more genetic mutations, according to a new study, although the relationship isn’t true for all cancers.

Changes in gene expression also hint at how the brains of people with ASD develop differently from those of other people.