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A genetic variant may help explain why some patients experience muscle discomfort and dysfunction while taking the cholesterol-lowering medications.

Three-dimensional tissues called “cerebral organoids” can model the earliest stages of brain development.

Commercial tomatoes rarely have that fresh vine-ripened flavor that everyone loves, but the ideal recipe for tomato taste is now known. Will growers embrace the new cultivars?

This year’s winners will be chosen by a stellar panel of expert, independent judges with vast experience in the life sciences.

The transmission of reticuloendotheliosis viruses from mammals to birds was most likely an unexpected consequence of medical research.

Researchers develop several thousand haploid human cell lines, each with a different gene mutant.

The drought has ended for biotech companies seeking to join the public market, but whether this upward swing will last is anybody’s guess.

Tiny genes that control fly and human heartbeats hint at a trove of ignored but important sequences.

A round-up of recent discoveries in behavior research

The America Invents Act (AIA) was a step in the right direction for US competitiveness and open innovation.

The increasing push to commercialize research is destroying the scientific community.

Desire and arousal disorders require the biopharmaceutical industry’s attention.