A recent breakthrough has given genetic scientists at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) better insight into the genetics of oats, a crop that has been giving them trouble for a while. The effort ...

Sections of DNA once dismissed as dormant and useless could in fact be recruited to fight certain types of drug-resistant ...

The X-Men universe has some of the most complex and morally layered villains in all of Marvel comics, many of whom represent ...

United Therapeutics Corporation (Nasdaq: UTHR) today announced the first clinical xenotransplantation in its EXPAND study of the UKidney™ in patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD). The ...

Scientists found a new coronavirus in Brazilian bats, named BRZ batCoV. This virus shares a genetic feature with SARS-CoV-2, ...

Researchers at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) discovered that placental malperfusion (PMP), a condition that disrupts blood flow in the placenta, is common in fetuses with congenital heart ...

Qihan Biotech, a biotechnology company founded by Dr. Luhan Yang and Dr. George Church, is harnessing multiplex genome ...

A Northwestern Medicine-led study has identified mutations in the gene CEP76 as a new cause of ciliopathies, shedding light on a complex group of disorders that affect multiple body systems, according ...

Disrupted sleep patterns in Alzheimer’s disease may be more than a symptom—they could be a driving force. Researchers at Washington University found that the brain’s circadian rhythms are thrown off ...

As we stand on the precipice of a scientific revolution, researchers are pushing the boundaries of biology by developing ...

Other birds are edible too. Pigeons have likely been consumed for thousands of years, for example, while geese may have been domesticated 4-5,000 years ago. Squab (farmed pigeons) are regularly ...

Zoos and private collections teach, inspire, and connect people to animals they may never encounter in the wild. And, in some cases, those animals represent valuable "assurance ...