Tag: genes

A new technology based on CRISPR may change the way scientists probe the human genome.

These animals still carry the legacy of a near-brush with extinction.

Potato varieties are notoriously hard to breed -- this research aims to fix that.

We've put so much plastic pollution out there that bacteria are trying to eat it.

Many people hate both casual hookups and illicit drugs. Scientists found a genetic connection and the underlying motives may surprise ...

It should be significantly safer for patients than traditional methods.

As far as mosquitoes go, fewer ladies is ideal.

Our food preferences could be rooted in our genes.

"Being able to eat a lot of fruit or nectar without would certainly open up an important food resource," explains ...

I'd bite.

Diversity, 100% biological.

This misconception about homosexuality needs to go away.

"It just blows me away that regardless of how evolutionarily-different skin structures in animals are, they still use the same ...

How can bacteria produce proteins when faced with a protein-production-impairing drug? We found out.

Nobuaki Nagashima has Werner syndrome, which causes his body to age at super speed.

Tastefully done.

They didn't lose the genes for limbs -- they're just blocked.

Pocillopora damicornis -- one of the most abundant and widespread reef-building corals in the world -- may help us better understand ...

But that doesn't mean the environment isn't more important.

Some genes 'jump' from one genome to the other, and even from plants to bats.

A switch from brown to yellow.

Intelligent people tend to live longer but are more vulnerable to autism and depression.

Their insane ability to survive almost anything is written in their DNA.

Sometimes, it's good to remember that even evolution doesn't want you to be perfect. Good enough is just fine.

Gene variants linked to Alzheimer's or heavy smoking are being gradually weeded out by natural selection.

It's gotta be pretty important if it has a back-up system in place.

Age matters!

What shall we do with this information?

Domestication could've well happened on its own.

#wingmen.

Humans too engage in assortative mating, scientists find.

That's a lot of coat.

Genetic influence on drinking is real.

If coffee doesn't work for you, you might have different genes from everyone else.

That's not very nice.

We're still finding the fruits of this interspecies love affair.

One of the most successful bacteria species on Earth is now hunted by venom-wielding-viruses.

So remember, don't smoke kids.

Woof.

Even days after we die, gene expression is still active.

Researchers from Lund University in Sweden and the Center of Regenerative Medicine in Barcelona have identified four sequences of genetic ...

People of European descent carry as much as 4 percent Neanderthal DNA, but the Y chromosome passed down from father ...

Some people have no trouble rising early and being productive, while others are most active during the evenings. This begs ...

Some 50,000 years ago Homo sapiens, Neanderthals and Denisovans co-existed, mingled and interbred. While only the human lineage exists today, ...

In a collaborative effort by the Oregon Healthy and Science University and the University of Pittsburgh researchers have been able ...

Scientists from the University of Ferrara, Italy collaborating with the Beijing Genomics Institute have isolated a gene that, when mutated, ...

Also known as the water bear, the tardigrade has a lot to be proud of -- this tiny organism is ...

A recent study from Iowa State University shows how a gene, found in a single plant species so far, can ...

Are homosexuals hard wired this way or merely the product of their environment? Some argue that its both, but whether ...

Ian Lipkin, a virus hunter from Columbia University, along with fellow professors Thomas Briese and Amit Kapoor have designed a ...