Structured whale songs are shared by group members and evolve over time, but the calls’ functions are still unclear.

An artist creates images on electrophoresis gels using exhibition visitors’ pooled genetic material.

Systems-biology approaches offer new strategies for finding hard-to-identify drug targets for cancer.

Understanding cancer’s relationship with the human microbiome could transform immune-modulating therapies.

In recent years, research has demonstrated that microbes living in and on the mammalian body can affect cancer risk, as well as responses to cancer treatment.

Honeybee seminal fluid contains two different components that fight Nosema fungus.

Social interaction influences the chimpanzee microbiome, increasing the number of microbial species the primates share.

A free algorithm helps synthetic biologists decide which codons to use to encode repetitive proteins using the least-repetitive DNA sequence possible.

Neanderthals and Denisovans contributed innate immune genes to modern humans, scientists show.

A tour of efforts to automate the production and differentiation of induced pluripotent stem cells

FDA designations promise to expedite the approval of drugs for conditions ranging from infectious disease to cancer.

“Kill switches” ensure that genetically engineered bacteria survive only in certain environmental conditions.