Biology

A new study in mice has sharpened one of gene therapy’s most stubborn problems: getting therapeutic genetic material across the...

Phenylketonuria, or PKU, has long been understood as a disorder of a single missing enzymatic step. But a new study...

A brief change in diet and exercise may help untangle the inflammatory damage associated with long-term high-fat eating, according to...

Sugar beet pulp, the fibrous residue left behind after sugar is extracted from beets, could become the raw material for...

A new generation of CRISPR genome-editing enzymes could make it possible to rewrite DNA sequences that have remained out of...

A parasitic infection caused by Trichinella spiralis appears to reprogram the host’s metabolism differently in the bloodstream and the intestine,...

Soybean Flavonoids Push Antibiotic-Factory Bacteria Into a Wall-Less State A pair of compounds found abundantly in soybeans can coax one...

A substantial number of women may be developing post-traumatic stress disorder after childbirth without being identified or receiving appropriate treatment,...

Plants do not build their vascular systems as randomly distributed pipes. Inside developing roots, stems and leaves, cells are arranged...

A new randomized controlled field trial in urban Australia has put mosquito control at the center of an unexpected public-health...