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Researchers have described a new muscular disease caused by a mutation in the myoglobin gene.

In the future, a newly discovered mechanism in control of plant nutrition could help to achieve higher harvests in a sustainable way.

In a new study, a team of scientists used a unique approach to sequence the genomes of the English walnut and its wild North American relative by tapping into the capabilities of two state-of-the-art technologies: long-read DNA sequencing and optical genome mapping.

Tracking animals using DNA signatures are ideally suited to answer the pressing questions required to conserve the world's wildlife, providing benefits over invasive methods such as ear tags and collars, according to a new study.

A team of researchers has tested how each gene within the genome of rice—one of the world’s most important staple crops—senses and responds to combinations of water and nutrients.

Researchers have identified a new gene in the fruit fly Drosophila that is required for regulating the addition of T-antigen onto a subset of proteins in immune cells.

Prostate cancer cells change the behavior of other cells around them, including normal cells, by "spitting out" a protein from their nucleus.

A tumour-specific mutation spectrum can be introduced into the genome by glycidamide, a metabolite of acrylamide that people are commonly exposed to in charred foods as well as tobacco smoke.

In the largest study of its kind, involving more than 100,000 people, researchers have applied a novel machine learning method to identify 413 genetic associations with schizophrenia across 13 brain regions

Puberty is a period of extensive changes of body morphology and function. As much as we are familiar with these life-altering changes, relatively little was known about what sets the whole process in motion - until now.