The movement of SARS-CoV-2 across borders and through communities has left a genetic record in the virus’s genome. A study...

Autism research has gained a powerful new analytical tool designed to separate the genetic factors children inherit from their parents...

For decades, vast stretches of the animal genome were dismissed as genetic “junk”—repetitive DNA sequences that do not encode proteins...

A newly reported molecular mechanism is drawing attention to one of the most tightly regulated steps in cell biology: the...

For decades, biologists have known that the liver is not a uniform chemical factory. Its cells perform different tasks depending...

Cytokines are among the immune system’s most powerful molecular messengers. These small proteins coordinate inflammation, guide the development of immune...

Wild rodents are emerging as important subjects in the effort to understand how coronaviruses evolve outside human populations. A new...

Perianal diseases, including hemorrhoids, anal fissures, and anal fistulas, affect millions of people and are often attributed to constipation, straining,...

The molecular switch that helps determine whether a human gene is turned on or remains silent has been decoded with...

Scientists at the University of Cologne, University Hospital Cologne, and the Max Planck Institute for Metabolism Research have developed a...