Background Intestinal fibrosis, a hallmark complication of Crohn’s disease (CD), frequently progresses to stricture formation ...

To our immune system, a potentially lifesaving gene therapy can look a lot like a dangerous infection. That's because most ...

Scientists discovered that certain gene changes allow cells to function even when frataxin, the protein lost in Friedreich’s ataxia, is missing. Experiments in worms, human cells, and mice revealed ...

Blood samples from warm vs. cold Greenland bears reveal genetic patterns that could predict how polar bears respond to ...

National Geographic Explorer Paul Salopek is retracing the path of human migration. More specifically, the scientific ...

Leading synthetic biologists have shared hard-won lessons from their decade-long quest to build the world's first synthetic ...

Today's biomedical researchers are relentlessly searching for genes that drive disease, with the goal of creating therapies ...

When scientists sequenced the first Neanderthal genomes, they did not just resurrect a lost branch of the human family tree, ...

Modern human faces are surprisingly delicate compared with the jutting jaws and broad noses of our closest extinct cousins.

Researchers have developed DrugtargetMR, a comprehensive computational tool designed to bridge the gap between genetic ...

It seems that southern Africa provided an ecological refuge where people adapted successfully for more than 200,000 years – ...

Researchers found that DNA's shape matters. When its loops break, cancer can start.Based on a new concept of architectural tumor ...