A study by scientists at the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center (HICCC) introduces a more cost-effective, scalable ...

Comprehensive reference genomes have now been assembled for six ape species: siamang (a Southeast Asian gibbon), Sumatran ...

The chip that is inserted into the 10X Genomics software, allowing researchers to analyze DNA and RNA simultaneously.

Tiny magnetic bacteria that live in tightly bound groups are showing scientists how life might have evolved complex, multicellular forms. These rare bacteria can’t survive alone – they depend on one ...

A new study in Cell reveals that species living miles beneath the ocean’s surface have independently evolved the same genetic ...

DNA sequences for the chimpanzee, orangutans and more will help scientists to determine what sets humans apart from other ...

Have you ever wondered why our ears look the way they do? That soft, curved shape we rarely think twice about might actually ...

A few years ago, the advent of technology known as CRISPR was a major breakthrough in the scientific world. Developed from a ...

The biological research of UC Santa Cruz’s Needhi Bhalla to determine the molecular motions at the heart of heredity has ...

The fluid dynamics of cooperative feeding may have sparked single cells to assemble into complex, multicellular life, as illustrated by pond-dwelling trumpet-shaped, single-celled giants.

In a new study published in Developmental Cell on April 8, a research team led by Prof. WU Qingfeng at the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has ...