A recent study shows that bacteria living inside colorectal tumors form distinct ecosystems that are closely linked to how ...

Scientists at Nagoya University in Japan have identified the genes that allow an organism to switch between living as single ...

Scientists discovered that aging DNA repeats expand at wildly different speeds—and in some people, the consequences can be devastating. A sweeping genetic study drawing on data from more than 900,000 ...

By editing thousands of genes in mouse stem cells, the scientists identified a list of over 300 that are crucial for neural differentiation.

Gastric cancer cells can activate KRAS-driven signals, enabling autonomous tumor growth by producing their own WNT proteins. New research reveals how gastric cancer cells exploit WNT signaling for ...

Blood cancer is an umbrella term for a variety of diseases that affect the blood, bone marrow and lymphatic system. Like most ...

A speckled hind ( Epinephelus drummondhayi) caught off the coast of North Carolina in the Gulf of Mexico was diagnosed with albino-xanthochromism in 1978; and a bulletin describing an ...

Humans have undoubtedly bred cats to create certain breeds, but did any of these feline breeds emerge naturally?

Bored Panda has curated a list of people with rare physical traits that might make you do a double take. From extra or ...

Three start-ups are aiming to create gene-edited babies. Columnist Michael Le Page has no doubt that editing our offspring ...

A major evolutionary theory says most genetic changes don’t really matter, but new evidence suggests that’s not true. Researchers found that helpful mutations happen surprisingly often. The twist is ...

A vanishingly rare genetic glitch in a single enzyme can erase a newborn’s brain cells in a matter of weeks, leaving doctors with almost no way to intervene. Researchers have now traced that ...