Immense progress in gene-editing, drug discovery and conservation are just some of the reasons to be cheerful about 2025.

A newly discovered promoter element "start" points to a shared regulatory syntax for controlling transcription initiation in ...

The rise of AI scientists, missions to explore the moons of Earth and Mars and a massive ocean-floor drill are among the ...

After more than 50 years of research, scientists still don't know exactly what causes autism. But the data make clear that ...

A new genetic mapping strategy reveals how entire networks of genes work together to cause disease, filling in the missing ...

Humans have it. So does Drosophila. But not yeast. That "it" is a small pause at the start of gene activity—a brief molecular halt that may have helped life evolve from simple cells to complex animals ...

When roundworms stop reproducing, they can still move and function normally but lose their ability to detect certain food ...

Ultrastructure expansion microscopy of murine male germ cells reveals the fine molecular structures of centrioles (shown in the enlarged image). DNA is stained in blue, and the chromosome axis in red.

Lindberg had Parkinson’s disease, the neurologist said, with all the classic symptoms. PD—as the scientists she would meet ...

A study suggests psychiatric disorders can share the same genetic signatures and that they may stem from shared biological mechanisms.

Australian scientists have identified the key genetic drivers behind long COVID, revealing why some people continue to ...

Research links variations in the gene GRIN2A to a higher risk of developing schizophrenia and other forms of mental illness.