Genetics may influence our choice of academic field

What we choose to study—whether fine art or finance—is one of the most influential decisions in our lives. It shapes not only ...
New Scientist

We're closing in on how genetics may influence your PCOS risk

In the largest genetic analysis of polycystic ovary syndrome to date, scientists have identified new variants linked to the ...

Science Pitted Against Spirituality in Cult Murder Mystery Series ‘The Fundamentals’ at Taiwan Creative Content Fest

A cross-border collaboration between Taiwanese and Singaporean producers has brought a provocative crime thriller to Taiwan ...

One clock, two functions: Circadian rhythms and developmental timing may share a fundamental molecular machinery

Scientists at the FMI and the University of California-Santa Cruz have found that similar molecular machineries control daily ...
Scientific American

Gene Editing Helped One Baby—Could It Help Thousands?

In a world first, a bespoke gene-editing therapy benefited one child. Now researchers plan to launch a clinical trial of the approach ...
Johns Hopkins Medicine

Nobel Laureate Hamilton Smith, Who Discovered Molecular ‘Scissors’ to Cut DNA, Dies at 94

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine alumnus and former faculty member Hamilton O. Smith, M.D., whose 1978 Nobel Prize-winning discovery of restriction enzymes revolutionized genetic ...