Guenther Boden, who linked insulin resistance with fatty acids in the blood, has passed away at age 80.

Researchers eliminated chytrid fungus from a Mediterranean island toad population using antifungals and disinfectants.

What researchers are learning as they sequence, map, and decode species’ genomes

Researchers have developed two methods to avoid the unchecked spread of engineered genes through wild populations.

A new database includes complete sequences of protein-coding DNA from 60,706 individuals.

The gene-editing CRISPR/Cas9 system has three checkpoints to ensure it alters the right section of DNA.

Electrical shocks cause a physiological stress response in invertebrates previously thought incapable of feeling pain.

Breakthrough Prizes of $3 million each go to five researchers in the life sciences, recognizing their pioneering work in optogenetics, disease-associated mutation analyses, and ancient DNA sequencing.

Some antibodies designed to eliminate the plaques prominent in Alzheimer’s disease can aggravate neuronal hyperactivity in mice.

One-year-old Layla Richards has remained cancer-free months after receiving an experimental gene editing therapy.

The amino acids left behind in a human fingerprint can be used to determine whether an individual is male or female.

Rice was domesticated three separate times across Asia, a new study suggests.