Many spiders reach their maximum size about this time of year, having spent the summer eating, which helps explain their ...

A new study has characterized the "average" human genome, providing key information on normal human genetic variation and ...

A woman whose bone lay in Isturitz Cave carried ancestry from central and eastern Europe, and human DNA from cave dirt in ...

A large-scale reanalysis of 23,435 prokaryotic reference genomes confirms that complete NucS and canonical MutS-MutL mismatch ...

The entire human genome requires three gigabytes of computer data storage space. (One million base pairs of sequence data ...

Delivering a compact CRISPR, "psCas12f," which can be turned on and off with light, via a single AAV, and performing genome editing "only where targeted" using focused ultrasound via light-emitting pa ...

Puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici, an obligate fungal pathogen, threatens wheat production worldwide. Using 319 genomes and virulence data from 234 isolates globally, this study constructs its ...

Graduate students in Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences contributed to the first complete genome sequence of a ...

The extraordinary intelligence of octopuses, squid, and cuttlefish may be linked to more than just their genes.

For many people with cancer, completing treatment can bring a new uncertainty: Is my cancer really gone? Even after treatment, small amounts of cancer may remain in the body at levels that can be ...

Whole-genome testing uncovered hidden cancer predisposition in children with leukemia, changing treatment and surveillance in a nationwide Swedish study.

A Hiroshima University researcher outlines advantages of Japan's new law that prohibits the transfer of genome-edited human ...