Researchers unveil the inner mechanisms of the most intricate and complex molecular machine in human biology. Scientists at ...

Political scientist Kevin Smith says his research suggests “political orientations are at least partially under genetic ...

What gives an Australian finch its brilliantly colored red, yellow or orange bill? A major new study has uncovered the ...

The CRISPR molecular scissors have the potential to revolutionize the treatment of genetic diseases. This is because they can ...

The world's great white sharks are divided into three genetically distinct lineages, each facing unique conservation ...

In a "groundbreaking achievement," a clone of an endangered species of ferret has given birth to babies for the very first ...

Ibuprofen counters problems caused by mutations in the MAN1B1 gene, fruit fly tests show. Early results in three children are ”fairly positive.” ...

The results, published Nov. 7 in Current Biology, reveal that some of the stories told for decades about the individuals’ ...

Research Impact is a series that pulls back the curtain of IU Research, showcasing the faculty creating, innovating and ...

Ancient DNA recovered from Pompeii shows that people found holding one another beneath the volcanic ash weren’t related in ...

WashU biologists, led by Xuehua Zhong in Arts & Sciences, investigated the inner workings of DNA methylation in plants. Their ...

Drawing on multiple studies demonstrating that it is possible to retrieve DNA from both human and animal remains in Pompeii, ...