A £10 million Wellcome Trust-funded project seeks to create artificial human genomes. Technology Networks explored the ...

Since the mapping of the human genome in 2003, synthetic biology has reached a new milestone. British researchers are now ...

From schools of fish darting away from sharks to flocks of starlings swirling through the sky, the animal kingdom is full of ...

New research has identified 20 genetic changes in a gene known to cause Marfan syndrome that could help to explain unsolved ...

Dating back more than 4,500 years, the skeleton belonged to a middle-aged man who may have worked as a potter and likely ...

Researchers sequenced whole genomes from the teeth of a remarkably well-preserved skeleton found in a sealed funeral pot in ...

Recent research suggests that some of these genetic variants inherited from Neanderthals could be linked to autism spectrum ...

From novel pharmaceuticals to telemedicine, most healthcare companies are on a mission to drive better patient outcomes. But ...

Scientists have decoded the sea spider’s genome for the first time, revealing how its strangely shaped body—with organs in ...

UW researchers have identified biochemical markers that could help predict harmful algal blooms (HABs), according to a recent ...

By using a genetic technique developed at UT Southwestern Medical Center that forces cells to rid themselves of mitochondria, ...