A hormone called GDF15 triggers a part of the brain involved in nausea and vomiting, a new study finds. Blocking its action may lead to treatments.
Since the first genetically modified organism 50 years ago, GMOs have brought us disease-resistant crops, new drugs and more.
The next big strides in gene therapy for rare diseases may come from CRISPR and new approaches to delivery.
An effort to engineer silkworms to produce spider silk brings us closer than ever to exploiting the extraordinary properties of this arachnid fiber.
Chickens genetically modified to be impervious to avian influenza may one day prevent the spread of the disease on farms, a study suggests.
The Tasmanian tiger, or thylacine, was hunted nearly to extinction. Now RNA extracted from a museum specimen reveals how its cells functioned.
The work represents an important advance in the methods needed to grow humanized kidneys, hearts, and pancreases in animals.
Simple swabs of just 24 leaves in Uganda’s Kibale National Park provided a genetic snapshot of 52 animals in the tropical forest.
New analyses of the human Y chromosome reveal millions of new bases and different locations for the same gene in different people.
Ötzi had genetic variants for male-pattern baldness and dark skin, and he also had an unusual amount of early farmer ancestry, a new DNA analysis finds.
