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Different groups of bats have their own unique strains of coronavirus.

A USC-led international team of scientists has found the precise shape of a key player in human metabolism, which could lead the way to better treatments for obesity and other metabolic disease.

Researchers have discovered a natural protective mechanism that leads to the programmed death of potentially diseased cells. It protects from cancer that can develop as a result of irregular distribution of genetic information to daughter cells.

Study finds specific cells in the lungs, nasal passages, and intestines that are more susceptible to SARS-CoV-2 infection.

Researchers have announced the discovery of at least four new species of African leaf-nosed bats – cousins of the horseshoe bats that served as hosts of the virus that caused COVID-19.

Using induced pluripotent stem cells produced from the skin of a patient with a rare, genetic form of insulin-dependent diabetes called Wolfram syndrome, researchers transformed the human stem cells into insulin-producing cells and used the gene-editing tool CRISPR-Cas9 to correct a genetic defect that had caused the syndrome.

New research argues that DNA is just the ingredient list, not the set of instructions used to build and maintain a living organism.

Despite the importance of sweet potato in nutrition, especially in sub-Saharan African and Asian diets, little was known about the sweet potato microbiome. But now that's changed, opening doors to improve crop yield.

A risk prediction model, combining genetic and clinical factors with circulating biomarkers, has identified people at significantly higher than normal risk of pancreatic cancer.

A new study led by the University of Bristol has shown a common eye condition, glaucoma, could be successfully treated with a single injection using gene therapy, which would improve treatment options, effectiveness and quality of life for many patients.