GENETIC interactions between humans and mycobacterium tuberculosis (M.tb), the bacterium that causes tuberculosis (TB), is ...

The human genome is riddled with relics of viral infections—bits of DNA from viruses that have been inserted in human DNA ...

Scientists are hopeful it will improve understanding of how genes work, what goes wrong in disease, and how to fix it.

The two main approaches for discovering disease genes reveal distinct aspects of biology, a new study shows. While both methods are widely used, the ...

Developing high-yielding, nutritious and climate-resilient crops is vital to safeguard the future of global food production.

Explore how smart automation enables precise, reproducible workflows in anaerobic microbiome research, improving accuracy and ...

A collaboration led by Max Delbrück Center and University of Bath has uncovered how ancient viral DNA controls a gene linked ...

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine alumnus and former faculty member Hamilton O. Smith, M.D., whose 1978 Nobel Prize-winning discovery of restriction enzymes revolutionized genetic ...

Washington, DC Program The Forum featured sessions on genetics of complex traits and common morbidity over a lifetime; ...

The field of fish conservation is grappling with the complex challenges posed by human-modified landscapes. As habitats undergo rapid transformation due to ...

Researchers set a new world record for the fastest DNA sequencing, completing a whole genome in under four hours—a ...