In 2019, a group of researchers in Japan published a study that promised the potential to revolutionize sex selection for ...
That changed in 2014, when Swedish scientists showed that Y loss in blood cells correlates with how long men live – those who ...
Depending on the setting, the ability of a crucial bacterium in biotechnology—Agrobacterium tumefaciens—to transfer its DNA ...
Alternative splicing exhibits lineage-specific variability, with mammals and birds reaching the highest levels despite conserved intron-rich architectures, while unicellular eukaryotes and prokaryotes ...
EMBL researchers created SDR-seq, a next-generation tool that decodes both DNA and RNA from the same cell. It finally opens ...
A spider on the Canary Islands lost half its DNA but gained more genetic variety. Scientists say this changes how we ...
This interesting study adapts machine learning tools to analyze movements of a chromatin locus in living cells in response to serum starvation. The machine learning approach developed is useful, the ...
Mars is closer than ever, but the human body isn’t ready. Inside the biological war against radiation, microgravity, and ...
When scientists want to trace how a species has changed over time - and predict its prospects for survival - they turn to DNA ...
One gene causes one trait or a specific illness. When doctors use genetics, it’s usually to try to identify a disease-causing gene to help guide diagnosis and treatment. But for most health conditions ...
New research reveals how complex interactions between genetic variants can explain different outcomes in disorders like ...