Under the right conditions, duckweed essentially farms itself. Wastewater, ponds, puddles, swamps—you name it. If there's ...

Vence Bonham Jr., the highest ranking official at the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), has been put on ...

Vence Bonham, who became acting director of the National Human Genome Research Institute less than two weeks ago, is ...

CD8 T cells lacking Tet1/3 preferentially differentiate into short-lived effector and effector memory cells following acute ...

The nuclei in our cells are miniature warehouses safeguarding the genetic blueprint for the body's biologic machinery. As ...

Scientists have released new and more accurate genome sequences for five species of duckweed. Their research reveals the specific genes responsible for some of the plant's most useful traits, allowing ...

Sometimes, the most significant scientific discoveries happen by accident. Scientists have long known that whole-genome ...

AI systems already work their magic in many areas of biomedical science, helping to solve protein structure, discover hidden ...

Children aged 6 months to 12 years are the main spreaders of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infections within their ...

R75W mutation in the gap junction β2 (GJB2) gene causes severe fragmentation of gap junction plaques, connecting adjacent ...

The Gilgo Beach murder case is moving toward trial, but Rex Heuermann's attorneys are challenging something called nuclear DNA testing​​.

As warehouses go, nuclei are more like libraries than bank vaults. Too many cellular components need access to the genome to lock it down like Fort Knox. Instead, large groupings of more than 1,000 ...