The first surgery in a clinical trial testing the safety and efficacy of gene-edited pig kidney transplants in patients with ...

New data reveals differences in gene activity in the brains of men and women. They start in the womb and evolved millions of ...

Lise Barnéoud's Hidden Guests shows how this fascinating new field brings with it profound implications for medicine, and ...

Cardiovascular disease continues to be the leading cause of death worldwide. But advances in heart-failure therapeutics have ...

Researchers have developed the most detailed molecular map yet of how the brain develops and reacts to inflammation, ...

Bowhead whales produce a unique protein that repairs DNA damage, a discovery that could help humans extend lifespan and ...

The two main approaches for discovering disease genes reveal distinct aspects of biology, a new study shows. While both ...

We have written about the promise of gene therapy to correct genetic disease many times. An exciting development happened ...

For the first time, a research team led by the Mark and Mary Stevens Neuroimaging and Informatics Institute (Stevens INI) at the Keck School of Medicine of USC has mapped the genetic architecture of a ...

A collaboration led by Max Delbrück Center and University of Bath has uncovered how ancient viral DNA controls a gene linked ...

Published in Current Biology, a new method from scientists at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) harnesses ‘jumping genes’ to recreate the termite tree of life, showcasing a new ...

People looking to lose weight and lower their blood sugar may someday be able to get a single injection that turns their ...