When UC Berkeley biochemist Jennifer Doudna first began studying how bacteria fight virus infections, she had no idea it ...

Raffan and colleagues recently analyzed the genetic codes of 1,300 golden retrievers, and compared them to their behavioral ...

For example, the canine gene ADD2 was associated with fear of strangers, but in humans was related to depression. A key ...

After decades of intense focus on genetics, the biomedical research community is undergoing a major shift, focusing on a new ...

Researchers describe minimal versatile genetic perturbation technology (mvGPT). Capable of precisely editing genes, activating gene expression and repressing genes all at the same time, the technology ...

The genetic code is the recipe for life, and provides the instructions for how to make proteins, generally using just 20 ...

Experts estimate that genetic mutations account for about 10% of diseases, like Parkinson's, for example. The remaining 90% ...

Emily Kramer-Golinkoff can’t get enough oxygen with each breath. Advanced cystic fibrosis makes even simple things like walking or showering arduous and exhausting. She has the most common fatal ...

Orange cats have always stood out in the living room, but new research shows they also stand apart in the mammal family tree. Scientists have now traced their vivid coats to a genetic arrangement that ...

Joshua Lederberg, Nobel laureate and president of Rockefeller University, is well known in biology circles. Not so his wife, ...

Higher yields, greater resilience to climatic changes or diseases—the demands on crop plants are constantly growing. To ...

Traces of a previously unknown group of people, genetically distinct from their neighbors, have persisted for at least 8,000 ...