American geneticist who shared a Nobel Prize for discovering the double helix structure of DNA. Born on April 6, 1928 in ...

A new study challenges the idea that language stems from a single evolutionary root. Instead, it proposes that our ability to communicate evolved through the interaction of biology and culture, and ...

Scientists have uncovered an unexpected function for a crucial protein involved in cell division. Reported in two consecutive publications, the finding challenges long-accepted models and standard ...

Researchers at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) revealed important genetic components that affect bone density in ...

Psychology Assistant Professor Sarah Merrill studies the chemical tags that trauma and other adverse experiences can leave on ...

Hosts David and Gina explore how scientists over the centuries unlocked the ability to edit our genes ...

In Alzheimer’s disease, which is the most common cause of dementia, microglia (the immune cells of the brain) can behave in very different ways. At times, they help protect the brain, and at other ...

Eukaryotic cilia and flagella are essential organelles that extend from the cell surface, playing crucial roles in sensory ...

A recent review published in Genes & Diseases by researchers from the Naval Medical University and the 922nd Hospital of the Joint Service Support Force of the PLA provides a comprehensive overview of ...

Northeastern University researchers used an original machine learning tool to predict how genetic mutations cause a rare ...

Senior researcher at the Laboratory of Biology Resources and Ethnography Ivan Mizin plans to determine the animals' birth and mortality rates, their seasonal movements, key pastures and their conditio ...

Aranyak Goswami, an assistant professor of computational biology, will talk Wednesday about decoding the gut-brain connection to neuropsychiatric disorders such as depression, autism and schizophrenia ...