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Scientists have created a tool that can find safe places to introduce genes into human DNA. The tool is an early step in the process to improve the safety and efficacy of gene and cell therapies.

Researchers have honed in on the genes that control root growth in response to gravity, with the hope of developing a crop that can access resources deeper in the soil.

According to research, mice that express a human genetic variant found in boys with ADHD or autism show differences in the monitoring and regulation of dopamine signaling when compared to females.

A novel, genetics-based scoring system for impulsivity could be used to accurately predict which children are most at risk of impulsive behavior.

An engineered CRISPR-based method that finds RNA from SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, promises to make testing for that and other diseases fast and easy.

A new study by KAUST university has discovered that, in contradiction to previous thinking, coral can biosynthesize the amino acid cysteine.

Creating a mutation that inhibits how the bacterial pathogen Neisseria gonorrhoeae causes gonorrhea, a common sexually transmitted infection, could offer a new way to prevent and treat the disease, according to researchers in the Institute for Biomedical Sciences at Georgia State University.

New research indicates that viruses are able to sense their environment to decide when to multiply and kill the host cell, adding a new dimension to viral-host interactions.

Researchers have discovered a drug candidate that, in mice, can prevent lethal lung inflammation by inhibiting a protein called PTP1B.

According to a study, the BMI of a human body after death and decomposition impacts the microbial diversity of soil.