Functional genomics can help deconvolute the link between genotype and phenotype in disease, revealing new drug targets and ...

Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics (SCBE) has received a grant for expanding the Center for Ethical, Legal and Social Implications (ELSI) and Center for Resources and Analysis (CERA).

Scientists have developed a theoretical model that uncovers the dual role of polyploidy -- organisms carrying extra genome copies -- in evolution. Their findings reveal that polyploidy can stabilize ...

Prof. Bozhi Tian of the University of Chicago is on the frontier of bioelectronics, building living machines that can heal, ...

Evolution is the basis of biological diversity, driven by mechanisms that allow organisms to adapt and survive. One such mechanism is polyploidy ...

Sahana is a science journalist based in Lausanne, Switzerland. She holds a bachelor's degree in microbiology from the University of Delhi, India and a master's and PhD in life sciences from the ...

The pain from endometriosis, which affects an estimated one in 10 Americans born female, can be terrible. Some people are ...

The Brassica genus, which includes crops like rapeseed, mustard, broccoli, Indian mustard, cauliflower, and kale, is a ...

Researchers examine how long-term exposure to widely used per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) detrimentally affect ...

Scientists at Harvard Medical School and Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine have mapped a critical component of the Nipah virus, a highly lethal bat-borne pathogen that has ...

The woolly mammoth has been extinct for thousands of years, but Colossal Biosciences is pursuing technology that could help ...

Scientists are pioneering and refining three techniques in their attempts to revive lost and rare species: cloning, genetic ...