Researchers found that cold is detected differently in the skin than in internal organs. This split system helps explain why ...

Learn how mapping gene-control switches in an ancient sea anemone reveals how identical DNA can produce many different cell types.

One of the biggest risk factors for developing liver cancer is a high-fat diet. A new study from MIT reveals how a fatty diet ...

Scientists have long known that mutations in certain genes affecting microtubules in plants can cause plants to grow in a twisting manner. In most cases, these are “null mutations,” meaning the ...

Although it also performs some functions in men, estrogen, the main female sex hormone, is involved in a myriad of processes, ...

For decades, geneticists have known that most common illnesses are not caused by a single rogue gene but by intricate ...

Research into how a father’s choices — such as diet, exercise, stress, nicotine use — may transfer traits to his children has ...

Triglia discusses her research at the intersection of genetics, epigenetics, single-cell genomics and computational biology.

Explore the role of patient-derived biology in enhancing antibody-drug conjugates for more effective cancer treatment.

Estrogens, the main female sex hormone, although they also perform some functions in men, are involved in a myriad of ...

It's a common storytelling trope: the stubborn foe who is eventually revealed to be a much-needed friend. Biology has its own ...

Obesity is not a single disease. New research shows distinct biological phenotypes that explain why weight gain and treatment ...