Viruses do not encounter a blank biological landscape when they infect humans. They meet an immune system shaped by thousands...

Parkinson’s disease has long been described as a disorder of dopamine-producing neurons, but a growing body of genetic research is...

A new review in Genes & Diseases examines how scientists are turning a deeper understanding of X chromosome inactivation into...

Tomato plants may have gained a new genetic ally in the fight against drought. Researchers from Xinjiang University and the...

A new study published in Nature Communications is drawing attention to the possibility that end-stage renal disease is shaped not...

White matter disorders have long been associated with the loss, abnormal development or progressive deterioration of myelin, the insulating material...

Obesity risk is written in more than one language. Part of the story is encoded in DNA, where hundreds of...

A plant’s first steps into a new habitat can leave a molecular footprint far deeper than scientists once imagined. A...

Fungi have spent millions of years assembling molecular tools that can attack competitors, communicate with their surroundings and survive extreme...

Cells across the eukaryotic tree of life appear to rely on a remarkably ancient system for switching genes on, while...