To identify possible burn-injury response genes, researchers examined the transcriptomes (the genes expressed) in both burnt and unburnt skin from humans and rats. Examining the gene sequences, they ...

All life on Earth shares a common ancestor that lived roughly four billion years ago. This so-called "last universal common ...

Inside the lab where scientists want to rewrite our DNA from scratch - Artificial biological intelligence could change ...

Researchers describe a rare type of gene family, known as “universal paralogs”, that provides insight into evolutionary history predating the last universal common ancestor of all life. Detailed ...

Some mammals hibernate to survive in winter, but the Eurasian common shrew (Sorex araneus) employs Dehnel's phenomenon to get ...

Imagine someone digs you up in 15,000 years and discovers what you had for lunch the day that you died. That’s more or less ...

A wolf pup sealed in Siberian permafrost carried a surprise more revealing than a museum label. Inside its stomach, ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: A team of researchers dug into a permafrost-encased Siberian wolf’s stomach to get DNA details of a now-extinct woolly rhinoceros. For the first time ...

It may have fewer than many of the other sciences, but biology does have two dozen or so “rules”—broad generalizations about the behavior or nature and evolution. Now, USC researchers want to add a ...

Saliva is a bodily fluid most of us take for granted despite the significant roles it plays in aiding digestion, maintaining strong teeth and defending against oral disease. However, the evolution of ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. ­­ ­ ­­— Saliva is a bodily fluid most of us take for granted despite the significant roles it plays: aiding in digestion, maintaining strong teeth and defending against oral disease.

Department of Agricultural Biology, National Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Rural Development Administration, Jeonju, Republic of Korea Plant synthetic biology is rapidly emerging as an ...