Scientists are researching ways to genetically modify plants and animals to be more resistant to threats like climate change.

MIT engineers develop a new system for precise control of synthetic gene expression, potentially advancing gene therapy.

MetaGraph compresses vast data archives into a search engine for scientists, opening up new frontiers of biological discovery ...

As sunlight filters through your window each morning, a quiet, powerful rhythm pulses inside your body. This inner clock ...

Biological rhythms aren't just for sleep. In the tiny worm C. elegans, researchers in the Grosshans lab and the Computational ...

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have discovered how cells can adjust their gene activity to survive when oxygen runs low ...

Researchers have identified a new genetic cause of hereditary optic atrophy—a condition that leads to gradual vision loss—by discovering a previously unknown mutation in the PPIB gene. T ...

In 1933, geneticist Thomas Hunt Morgan won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for demonstrating that genes exist on chromosomes, which are passed down from parent to offspring. Ninety-one years ...

At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, Marvin Collins ’22, a bioengineering student, was balancing their Stanford classes from home in Alabama while also helping bioengineering professor ...

He showed that specialized cells retain the genes to form an organism.

Researchers have found genes linked to cannabis use and addiction. The discovery shows how biology influences behavior and ...