The study revealed that a gene common in some bats can reduce the production of the SARS-CoV-2 virus by up to 90%, which could help lead to new medical approaches to combating viral diseases.

A new Yale study provides a fuller picture of the genetic changes that shaped the evolution of the human brain, and how the ...

A study has identified key genetic pathways in corn that help its roots branch out to find water in soil; the varieties adapted to temperate regions like the U.S. corn belt showed large differences in ...

The Professor of Genetics sat down with Fifteen Minutes to discuss anti-aging research, the wellness industry, and his ...

It took more than 50 years for Marthe Gautier to set the record straight about her discovery of the genetic cause of Down ...

Postdoctoral scholar Daniela Soto has earned a prestigious fellowship from HHMI with eight years of funding to study the ...

Rice University researchers have revealed novel sequence-structure-property relationships for customizing engineered living materials (ELMs), enabling more precise control over their structure and how ...

Ancient-DNA analyses identify a Caucasus Lower Volga people as the ancient originators of Proto-Indo-European, the precursor ...

In 2014, the State of Utah Science Technology and Research (USTAR) initiative and the University of Utah Health Sciences Center established the USTAR Center for Genetic Discovery (UCGD), intending to ...

A new sophisticated statistical analysis from an economics professor at Dartmouth University indicates that there is a high probability that COVID-19 originated from a lab accident in China, rather ...

Scientists have long believed they understood how life’s genetic code evolved, but new research upends that assumption. By ...

The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine has awarded a $6 million grant to USC investigators pioneering a new first ...