This comprehensive e-book from The Hindu explores how gene editing tools like CRISPR and synthetic biology are fundamentally changing what it means to be human and are giving us the power to modify ...

To our immune system, a potentially lifesaving gene therapy can look a lot like a dangerous infection. That's because most ...

What are usually seen as 14 different mental health or neurodiversity conditions could really be five clusters of closely ...

Gout is often blamed on overindulgence in alcohol or unhealthy eating, but research suggests genetics plays a much bigger ...

Researchers have developed a novel approach to detect ALS and predict survival by measuring genetic activity in blood cells, a study found.

Despite awe-inspiring diversity, nearly every lifeform—from bacteria to blue whales—shares the same genetic code. How and when this code came about has been the subject of much scientific controversy.

In a study published in Genome Research, a team of researchers, including Cornell College Assistant Professor of Biology ...

To our immune system, a potentially lifesaving gene therapy can look a lot like a dangerous infection. That's because most ...

Analysis of more than one million people shows that mental-health disorders fall into five clusters, each of them linked to a ...

Blood samples were collected while the children were in the hospital, and again at six and 12 months after their injury. They ...

Imagery of futuristic tech and celestial bodies called forth immediate comparisons to other big franchises rooted in hard sci ...

Deathclaws are the most frightening creatures in Fallout, and their origin is a fascinating example of why nuclear war is a ...