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A team from the University of Sheffield has designed and built a specialist microscope and shared the build instructions to help make this equipment available worldwide.

The biological clock of a popular food crop controls close to three-quarters of its genes, according to research from Dartmouth College.

Researchers have discovered how SARS-CoV-2 can block the ability of host cells to produce protective proteins, including immune molecules, contributing to severe illness in its host, without hindering its own ability to replicate.

In a study published in Nature Communications, scientists tested whether the gene responsible for the production of a protein known as Protrudin could stimulate the regeneration of nerve cells and protect them from cell death after an injury.

Denmark has announced it will cull up to 17 million minks as a preventative measure, following reports that a SARS-CoV-2 mutation in the animal has spread to humans. The scientific community is asking for more information.

Scientists have created a molecular tagging system that utilizes synthetic DNA strands to create a "molbit" barcode that is readable within seconds.

New York University researchers have created a “developmental atlas” of gene expression in neurons, using gene sequencing and machine learning to categorize more than 250,000 neurons in the brains of fruit flies.

The advent of genome science has given researchers an unprecedented ability to understand the root causes of a host of conditions. Scientists in the UConn School of Medicine have used this technology to identify a suite of genes and regulatory elements critical to normal heart development.

Scientists have discovered an important fossil that provides insights into the evolutionary history of arthropods.

Finding just the right model to study human development has been a challenge for scientists over the last decade. Now, bioengineers at UCSD have homed in on an unusual candidate: teratomas.