An embryo’s first great decision is directional: which end will become the head, and which will become the tail? In...

Hereditary hearing loss may be one step closer to genetic correction after researchers used prime editing to repair a common...

Researchers have used artificial intelligence to design complete bacteriophage genomes from scratch, then synthesized and tested the resulting viruses against...

Malaria research has long focused on the parasite’s ability to invade red blood cells, evade immune defenses and alter the...

A healing colon does not simply switch genes on and off. Its cells appear to follow a complex daily timetable,...

A new review in Genes & Diseases describes how DNA-based technologies are moving medicine toward a future in which disease...

Psychosis has long resisted simple explanations. Its emergence is shaped by a shifting combination of inherited biology, developmental experience and...

A newly published review has identified the transcription factor FOXA2 as one of the central molecular coordinators linking pancreatic development...

The MYH9 gene is emerging as a critical biological switch at the intersection of cancer progression and inherited disease, according...

Sugarcane’s extraordinary genetic complexity has finally yielded one of its oldest biological secrets. A new study has resolved how certain...