In 2013, farmers in the highlands of Ethiopia began to notice something unsettling: a familiar variety of wheat was failing ...

Groundbreaking genetic evidence links trafficked lion parts to a known individual — setting a new global standard for wildlife crime prosecutions ...

A new vaccine design uses folded DNA to steer the immune system toward producing the rare immune cells needed to make ...

As is often the case with cancer treatments, many patients are able to benefit from therapy for a time. Tumor activity ...

Many public-health authorities recommend the shingles vaccine for people between 65 and 80 (although the range varies by region). The sharp age cut-offs used in the roll-out in each country or region, ...

Antibiotic resistance is racing toward a global crisis, with “superbugs” projected to cause over 10 million deaths annually by 2050. Now, scientists at UC San Diego have unveiled a powerful new CRISPR ...

The 2026 Priestley Medalist and Nobel laureate struggled with finding her way through school before achieving the greatest feats in science ...

Over the years, cell biology has built a detailed picture of how cells compartmentalize their internal functions. Central to this organization is the nucleus, which houses the genetic material and is ...

Scientists have identified how specific genetic changes function in cells to influence disease risk and other human health traits. By probing regions of DNA previously linked to disease, the work has ...

Human DNA constantly refolds in 3D space, and these looping dynamics regulate gene expression and cell identity.

Only a few years ago, Tuesday’s announcement that a glove believed to be connected to the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie in Tucson, Arizona, had no match to a DNA database would have been a dead end.

For many years, researchers believed that the DNA inside a newly fertilized egg began as a structural ‘blank slate’ – a loose ...