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Researchers from SMU (Southern Methodist University) have determined that a gene linked to feeling touch may moonlight as an olfactory gene. That’s the conclusion drawn from studying a very small, transparent worm that shares many similarities with the human nervous system.

A key transcription factor in T-cell immunology is crucial to the immune system’s “memory”. It may be possible to improve this immunological memory in vaccines, according to a new paper by scientists at the Hackensack Meridian Center for Discovery and Innovation (CDI).

Scientists used bioinformatics and deep sequencing to identify soil viruses and better understand their roles in the Earth.

Researchers have clarified the mechanism behind the activation of genes in drosophila fly sex cells transitioning between two early stages in spermatozoid development.

Analysis of the 3D structure of carnivore species' genomes has revealed that chromatin structure has been conserved over 50 million years of evolution.

Scientists have developed a new approach to study Sars-CoV-2. For systematic and standardized research of Sars-CoV-2 they built minimalistic synthetic virus particles where they can incorporate distinct structures of the Sars-CoV-2 virus like the spike protein.

Bacteria have been engineered to convert carbon dioxide into acetone and isopropanol, both of which are valuable industrial chemicals otherwise generated using fossil fuels.

A study has identified a molecular "culprit" responsible for causing damaging levels of cell death and inflammation in the body.

A new study has identified an association between a genetic variant that increases the risk of developing severe COVID-19 and protection against HIV infection.

New research finds that the Colorado potato beetle has evolved resistance to more than 50 different kinds of insecticides by turning to a deep pool of diversity within its genome.