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Scientists used fish often seen in pet stores, like guppies and swordtails, to test a hypothesis. They predicted that the way mothers nurture their young influences the evolution of male traits, and the team is the first to find that the prediction was correct.

Cancer researchers have uncovered a novel non-coding RNA "HULLK" that may drive prostate cancer, making it an attractive therapeutic target.

A new study by neuroscientists at MIT and colleagues in China provides clues to the neural circuits underlying social deficits associated with ASD.

Researchers have developed new molecules that can silence or inhibit malfunctioning miRNA, with the hope that their work could lead to new ways to treat diseases which are caused by the miRNAs.

The world's food supply will become safer as the food industry shifts to high-resolution, whole-genome sequencing - which examines the full DNA of a given organism all at once. This move to make sequencing ubiquitous will lead to the consistently reliable detection of salmonella.

Old-school Hollywood editors cut unwanted frames of film and patched in desired frames to make a movie. The human body does something similar--trillions of times per second--through a biochemical editing process called RNA splicing. Rather than cutting film, it edits the messenger RNA that is the blueprint for producing the many proteins found in cells.

Researchers have discovered precisely why inactive LKB1 results in lung cancer development. Their new paper highlights how LBK1 communicates with two enzymes that suppress inflammation in addition to cell growth, to block tumor growth. These findings could lead to new therapies for NSCLC.

Scientists have identified a new type of cell called a hepatobiliary hybrid progenitor (HHyP), that forms during our early development in the womb. Surprisingly, HHyP also persists in small quantities in adults and these cells can grow into the two main cell types of the adult liver (Hepatocytes and Cholangiocytes) giving HHyPs stem cell-like properties.

A new Tel Aviv University study uses a genetic screen to identify genes that protect cells from Zika viral infection. It may one day lead to the development of a treatment for the virus and other infectinos.

New research which focuses on precision agriculture, revolutionizes the creation of genetic material, enabling drastically accelerated development of key microbial factories for urban farming in Singapore.