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Researchers who first identified irisin quantitate levels of the hormone in human blood and show it is released during exercise.  

Personalized interpretation is the next frontier in clinical genomics, but we won’t get there without sharing data representing all ethnic groups.

Scientists at or near retirement can be ideal advisers for their junior colleagues. 

Lyme disease–causing bacteria can outmaneuver antibiotics in vitro and manipulate the mouse immune system.

Collaborations can boost citations, a study shows.

Duplication of copy number variants may be the source of greatest diversity among people, researchers find.

Two research groups have devised small-molecule recipes to directly transform fibroblasts into neurons.

Did endosymbiosis—and the innovations in membrane bioenergetics it engendered—make it possible for eukaryotic life to evolve?

The animal world is full of clever solutions to bioengineering challenges.

Assistant Professor, Institute of Biosciences and Technology, Texas A&M Health Science Center, Houston. Age: 35

Understanding the genetics of stem cell population maintenance in plants producing jumbo tomatoes could help scientists generate more-massive fruits.

Donated organs are helping researchers map out the immune system in humans.