B chromosomes manipulate cell division for survival, and new research identifies key genes, including DCR28, involved in this ...

A study published in the journal Nature Plants has unveiled new perspectives on the evolution of flowering plants.

A gene that causes accelerated reproductive aging is directly tied to the risk of miscarriage in younger women, a new study ...

What traits do babies inherit from their fathers? From looks to skills, dad’s DNA is more powerful than you think!

Duchenne, one of the most severe forms of muscular dystrophy, affects about one out of every 3,600 boys. The inherited rare ...

Rice is a staple food crop for more than half the world’s population, but most farmers don’t grow high-yielding varieties ...

Imkeldi is a new formulation of imatinib approved as a strawberry-flavored, shelf-stable liquid designed to be more appealing ...

Three unrelated children were found to have a de novo deletion in the long non-coding RNA (lncRNA) CHASERR, which is adjacent ...

It is a triumph that most of the 8 billion humans alive today are living relatively happily and, thanks to modern medicine, ...

从青蛙体内发现了蛇的基因，到底是怎么回事？其实并不奇怪，这就是基因的水平转移。近年来，研究人员发现了许多基因水平转移的现象，不仅在细菌这样的原核生物身上，也在真核生物，甚至是植物和昆虫之间，都有基因的跳跃。这或许就是生存的智慧。