Animal studies often fail to predict human tissue responses to new drugs or newly developed therapies. Besides generating tremendous costs for clinical studies, it also raises significant ethical ...

Discover how CRISPR genome editing is revolutionizing medicine. Learn the science of Cas9, current clinical trials, and the future of gene editing.

Geneticist Anne Brunet explores what aging really is, how lifestyle choices might influence longevity, and the promising frontiers of aging research. Aging is a process that affects us all. But how ...

The Wiregrass Peanut Project placed students inside an active genetics research effort during the Wiregrass Innovation Center's first week of operation.

Research in Thousand Islands National Park sheds light on the forces that guide animals in a changing environment ...

The history of computing has primarily revolved around physical materials. From the silicon transistors of the mid-20th century to today’s powerful H100 GPU clusters, we have based intelligence on ...

AlphaGenome is a leap forward in the ability to study the human blueprint. But the fine workings of our DNA are still largely a mystery.

Scientists have mapped a direct link between a common brain gas and the hyperactive cell growth often seen in autism. Protecting a specific protein from this gas normalized behavior in animal models ...

When a homicide detective in California’s Central Valley last year reopened the investigation into the unsolved killing of a bakery owner, she turned to an increasingly popular forensic tool credited ...

UCLA postdoctoral researcher Arpita Dave studies DNA methylation and retinal cell biology to better understand Stargardt ...

Waterborne pathogens, particularly Cryptosporidium, pose a growing public-health risk in Australia and globally. Cryptosporidiosis notifications have increased markedly in recent years across multiple ...

Imagine an animal that can regrow its whole body — head, brain, organs, and all — from just a small fragment.