In the late 2010s eight macaque monkeys were born at a laboratory in Shanghai. At first they seemed much like the other infants in the colony, but differences soon became obvious. They were much more ...

For millennia, evolution has intrigued many great thinkers, prompting questions about how new traits emerge as species adapt over time. Then, attention shifted to natural selection and the inheritance ...

A new gene editor may soon open the door to gene therapies for a wider array of diseases. Ask scientists what gene editing tool is most needed to advance gene therapy, and they'd probably describe a ...

While investigating a rare developmental disorder, researchers ended up discovering a spectrum of conditions that are all linked to one gene. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn ...

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

In the microscopic world of bacteria, gene transfer is a powerful mechanism that can alter cellular function, drive antibiotic resistance and even shape entire ecosystems. Now an interdisciplinary ...

A study has revealed that the expression of the poplar sex-determining gene FERR can significantly enhance drought tolerance ...

Normally, one set of X-linked genes in women is silenced, leaving only one active gene from either the mother or the father. But a handful of genes escape this "X inactivation," Voskuhl told Live ...

PEOPLE DOMESTICATED sheep and cattle, wheat and maize. Wasps domesticated viruses. And, just as domesticating other species helped human populations explode, so viral domestication assisted an ...