A newly published paper in Nature describes the complex process of launching a nine-country collaboration in Africa to ...

Jeanne Zeh worked at the University of Nevada, Reno for 22 years and will have a scholarship established in her memory to ...

A new study reveals that super agers over 80 have a distinct genetic edge. They are much less likely to carry the gene most ...

The Central Public Health Laboratory stands as a cornerstone of Oman’s epidemiological surveillance and early warning system ...

Engineers at the University of California have developed a new data structure and compression technique that enables the field of pangenomics to handle unprecedented scales of genetic information. The ...

Joseph DeRisi explaining the characteristics of Balamuthia mandrillaris, at the inaugural session of UCSF's public lecture series on 11/06. Photo by Anusha Subramanian. What do brain-eating amoebas, a ...

Discover how scientists are harnessing the power of CRISPR to precisely edit DNA, revolutionizing medicine and ethics as they rewrite the very code of life. Pixabay, PublicDomainPictures CRISPR ...

An international team of researchers has used genetic engineering to create the first ever “product-ready” antivenom for snakes such as cobras and mambas. The groundbreaking research is published in ...

At a meeting of top conservation groups this week, a bioethics question took center stage: Should scientists be allowed to tinker with the genes of wild plants and animals? The tentative consensus so ...

Should we genetically modify wild lions? Of course not, might be your instant response. But what if lions were being wiped out by a devastating disease introduced by people? What if the genetic change ...

Even if we stopped burning fossil fuels today, the carbon already lingering in our atmosphere would continue warming the planet for centuries. This unsettling reality means that simply cutting ...

Biologist Charles Darwin began crafting his theory of evolution on a trip to the Galapagos Islands, where he discovered animals had developed unique traits that varied from island to island. Nearly ...