News

A new method of analysing cancer patients’ blood for evidence of the disease could be up to ten times more sensitive than previous methods according to new research led by the University of Cambridge.

In two recent studies, researchers have uncovered metabolic resistance to three commonly used herbicides in waterhemp, getting closer to finding important genetic cues.

Researchers have discovered a link between human blood cholesterol levels and a gene in the microbiome that could one day help people manage their cholesterol through diet, probiotics, or entirely new types of treatment.

Archaeologists and geneticists conducted a survey of ancient Irish genomes, shedding light on the earliest periods of Ireland’s human history.

A research team led by Svante Pääbo from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, has sequenced the genome of a third Neanderthal.

An expansive analysis of genetic variation in tomatoes uncovered 230,000 previously hidden large-scale differences in DNA between varieties, which change flavors, alter yield, and shape other important traits.

Researchers have discovered a gene in plants that could help agricultural crops collaborate better with underground fungi, providing them with wider root networks and helping them to absorb phosphorus.

Structural biology has been used to “map” part of a protein called SMCHD1, explaining how some changes in SMCHD1 cause certain developmental and degenerative conditions.

Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center researchers have identified a lipid-regulating protein that causes prostate cancer cells to aggressively spread.

In this study, scientists show that even brief exposure to certain chemicals while the liver is developing prematurely aged the liver epigenome.