Pork fat has long been treated as a single, undifferentiated commodity in both agricultural science and the kitchen, but a...

Scientists have uncovered a previously underappreciated molecular player in one of the most devastating premature aging disorders known to medicine,...

Hypertension, the silent condition that affects roughly one in three adults worldwide, may be doing far more than straining the...

The fight against cervical cancer has long focused on the most notorious strains of human papillomavirus, but a new study...

Scientists in China have assembled the complete genetic blueprint of a workhorse bacterium that quietly underpins a corner of the...

Mitochondrial DNA has long been the most stubborn frontier of genome engineering. Tucked inside the double-membraned organelles that power every...

Scientists have uncovered a previously unrecognized mechanism that helps explain why a small but devastating fraction of patients who take...

Scientists have uncovered a previously unrecognized mechanism that drives the malignant progression of gastrointestinal stromal tumors, one of the most...

The clock of a maize plant does not tick alone. A new study published in International Microbiology shows that the...

The iconic yaks of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau have long been studied as a single hardy species adapted to life at...