Once a defining tree of eastern forests, the American chestnut was nearly erased by a foreign fungus within a few human generations. A genetically engineered line known as Darling 54 has now pushed ...

Gregor Mendel described his experiments with pea plants and proved that genes are transmitted in discrete units, with certain ...

Gene regulation is far more predictable than previously believed, scientists conclude after developing the deep learning ...

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In cellular and animal models of neuroblastoma, small cell lung cancer and colon cancer, this strategy reduces tumours, ...

Berg P., Baltimore, D., Boyer, H., Cohen, S., Davis, R., Hogness, D., Nathans, D. et al. 1974. “Potential Biohazards of Recombinant DNA Molecules.” Science. 185 ...

You can curl, flip, bend, and even shape it into a wiggly form. Your tongue can act like a gymnast, even if your parents can't pull off the same stunts. Each ...

NPR tells the exclusive, behind-the-scenes story of the first person with a genetic disorder to be treated in the United States with the... A Young Mississippi Woman's Journey Through A Pioneering ...

I hate to break this to you, but every child is a genetic experiment – and nature doesn’t care if things go wrong. Our genomes are awful messes created by conflicting evolutionary forces, and every ...