Using a variety of models helps to ensure that the best research is being done to benefit patients and their families.

New research suggests that being exposed to air pollution for long periods can have similar effects to smoking and aging.

Today, genomics is saving countless lives and even entire species, thanks in large part to a commitment to collaborative and ...

Cancer does not develop overnight. It can take decades for cancer‐promoting changes in the genome to eventually lead to the formation of a malignant tumor.

With the accumulation of genomic data, it is increasingly clear that eukaryotic genes do not randomly distribute in chromosomes. In this study, we investigated the distribution of 27142 genes mapped ...

A Ph.D. student in biomolecular engineering at the University of California, Santa Cruz, has built a software program ...

No longer a mere assistant who carries out the commands of DNA, RNA takes the lead in emerging therapeutics.

Scientists have decoded the sea spider’s genome for the first time, revealing how its strangely shaped body—with organs in ...

In the vast and often unseen world of microscopic life, a recent discovery may force scientists to rethink what it means to ...

It has genes for ribosomes, tRNAs, and mRNAs. These components are the scaffolding of life: the tools by which cells read ...

Pycnogonum litorale, adult male feeding on a sea anemone. C: Georg Brenneis The first high-quality pycnogonid genome provides ...