More than 2 billion years ago, long before Earth's atmosphere contained oxygen, one hardy group of microbes may have already ...

People often remark that allergies run in their family, but the genetic causes have remained unclear. Previous food allergy genetic research has relied upon broad but surface-level methods called ...

New @hopkinskimmel research finds extra copies of chromosome 1q may drive the earliest stages of pancreatic cancer. › ...

Many insects rely on heritable bacterial endosymbionts for essential nutrients that they cannot get through their diet. A new study, published in Nature Communications, indicates that the genomes of ...

Creative Biolabs is helping researchers overcome challenges of gene therapy research by providing analytical testing ...

Scientists examined the genomes of 112 reptile species, ranging from snakes and crocodiles to chameleons, and found the reason.

Element Biosciences created a high-throughput benchtop device that can deliver a whole genome for $100 – half the price of ...

Researchers sequenced the genomes of tumors from almost 500 domestic cats and found remarkable parallels with human and dog ...

Titled “Simultaneous prenatal cfDNA screening of aneuploidy, recessive single-gene conditions, and fetomaternal blood compatibility,” the study used nearly 500 samples to assess the multiple ...

Scientists think they’ve found a way to investigate the creation of cell membranes and DNA genomes that gave rise to the last universal common ancestor.

Symbiotic bacteria living inside insect cells have lost much of their DNA over hundreds of millions of years, much like the ancient microbes that evolved into mitochondria ...

In the oceans and on land, scientists are discovering rare, transitional organisms that bridge the gap between Earth’s simplest cells and today’s complex ones.