Ancient evidence suggests a new twist in how we all got here.

Researchers have spent decades—and billions of dollars—sequencing animal and crop genomes, but fungi have historically been the forgotten middle child of genomics, only noticed when they're ruining ...

A team of researchers at the University of Warwick and Monash University has solved a puzzle that has stumped drug developers ...

Doctors take a sample of the baby’s blood, usually by pricking its heel, and test for proteins and other markers associated with illnesses such as sickle-cell anemia or cystic fibrosis. The most ...

Gene editing has delivered remarkable results against sickle cell disease. Now researchers are working to make these ...

Unlike computer code that sits on a device and does what it's told, lab-engineered genes can multiply on their own. While ...

Strategic bombers and warplanes from China and Russia conducted a joint strategic patrol over the Sea of Japan, East China ...

A handful of start-up firms are testing therapies that target specific epigenetic markers to treat everything from high ...

In California, where the minimum wage is approaching $17 per hour, large fast-food employers must pay $20 per hour. Beginning ...

Breakthrough Prize winner Thein Swee Lay’s research has helped turn sickle cell disease and beta-thalassaemia into treatable ...