A Smithsonian-led team with Texas A&M researchers has traced ancient human movement through the genomes of Central American avocados. DNA...

Gene therapy and other macromolecule-based medicines face a persistent obstacle: most delivery routes rely on endocytosis, after which therapeutic cargos...

A new study published in Nature Microbiology reports that lung infections can become dramatically harder to treat when bacteria exchange...

A team of researchers reports that a specific chromatin mechanism—histone crotonylation governed by an ACSS2–KAT5 complex—can actively steer liver inflammation...

Microbiomes don’t just shape what we eat—they can help edit how our genes are used. In a new Perspective in...

The nucleus is a layered, moving control center whose organization—from nucleosome positioning to chromatin domains and large-scale 3D genome architecture—governs...

Mitochondria rely on transfer RNAs that have undergone extreme evolutionary change—yet still sustain protein synthesis inside the organelle. A new...

Marine speciation is notoriously difficult to unravel, especially in dynamic ocean habitats where dispersal can blur species boundaries. A new...

A new preclinical study suggests that gene augmentation therapy may restore sight in a severe form of inherited night blindness....

Breeding crops for thousands of years has narrowed genetic diversity into tight corridors, delivering steady gains—yet today progress is slowing....