Cas9, Transcription Activator-Like Effector Nucleases (TALENs), and Zinc-Finger nucleases (ZFNs) have demonstrated great utility, primarily for genetic knock-out applications, none have been adopted ...

In Lake Malawi, hundreds of species of cichlid fish have evolved with astonishing speed, offering scientists a rare opportunity to study how biodiversity arises.

Niraparib and abiraterone acetate regimen demonstrates clinically meaningful delay in disease progression, nearly halving the risk of progression or death, with an early trend toward improved overall ...

In most plants and animals, including humans, mitochondria are inherited exclusively, or nearly exclusively, from the mother.

Researchers summarize key insights from the world’s first comprehensive investigation into how a pandemic started.

Koala populations with low genetic diversity are actually recovering by "reshuffling" their genes to remove harmful mutations ...

Researchers from New England Biolabs and Yale University have created a system for engineering the first fully synthetic bacteriophages that could help with future clinical development of phage ...

A new study shows that plants can inherit mitochondria from their father, restoring fertility when maternal mitochondria are ...

Researchers at the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology (MPI-MP) have now discovered how mitochondria can be inherited from the father in plants. Crucially, this paternal transmission ...

Tempus AI launched its HRD-RNA algorithm, an AI-driven model for identifying Homologous Recombination Deficiency in cancer patients. The company also partnered with Median Technologies to integrate ...

Around a decade ago, koalas nearly vanished from southeastern Australia due to the fur trade. In the 1920s, as few as 500 individuals remained in the state of Victoria. Conservationists kicked off a ...

The biological necessity of the Y chromosome is undergoing a fundamental reassessment as evidence confirms its disappearance ...