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The genome of the Honeycrisp apple has been sequenced, providing a valuable understanding of the genetic basis of important traits in apples.

A Rice University lab is leading the effort to reveal potential threats to the efficacy and safety of therapies based on CRISPR-Cas9, the Nobel Prize-winning gene editing technique, even when it appears to be working as planned.

Research has identified how stomach cancers can develop resistance to a new class of drugs called ATR inhibitors and has provided the possibility of overcoming this resistance.

New findings from researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research in Cologne, Germany, suggest an explanation for the century-old mystery of how chromosome recombination is regulated during sexual reproduction.

Researchers from University College London (UCL) Institute of Archaeology, the Natural History Museum and the Francis Crick Institute have sequenced the oldest human DNA obtained from the British Isles to date.

Almost all liver cancers develop after decades of chronic liver disease, but the findings of a new study may lead to treatments that could break the link.

Stem cell-derived neurons from combat veterans with and without post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) provide insights into how genetics can make someone more susceptible to developing PTSD following trauma exposure, according to a new study.

By studying Trinidadian killifish when they are exposed to a new, high-competition environment, researchers have been able to examine the connection between brain size and survival.

Researchers have found a genetic variant that is relatively common among people of Polynesian ancestry but rare in most other populations and could improve understanding of the genetic underpinnings of high cholesterol in all people.

Seawater holds “memories” in the form of DNA from fish and invertebrates that have recently passed by, which scientists are using to track “biogeography” like we forecast the weather.