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Historical bias is a key reason biomedical researchers continue to study the same 10 percent of all human genes whose sequences are known while ignoring many genes known to play roles in disease, according to a new Northwestern University study.

Scientists found that microRNA levels in the blood could be used to predict the future health and productivity of dairy cattle.

Over 500 new gene regions that influence people’s blood pressure have been discovered in the largest global genetic study of blood pressure to date, led by Queen Mary University of London and Imperial College London.

Researchers have developed a way to categorize mysterious RNA molecules by their likely function, a big first step toward quickening the discovery of their roles in human health and diseases, such as cancers.

Researchers have just confirmed that junglerice is among the growing list of weeds resistant to the herbicide glyphosate.

When a fetus develops, everything must be timed to perfection: failures in timing can result in congenital deformities, disabilities, and even death. The big question that developmental biologists have been asking for a long time is this: what sets the pace and the order of developmental events?

New machine-learning framework integrates personal genomes and health record data to predict aneurysm risk.

Salk Institute researchers have devised a way to manipulate numbers of individual nuclear pores--a breakthrough that may one day stop cancerous cells from proliferating out of control.

CRISPR used to identify a gene which helps cells resist a nasty class of pathogens.

Back in 2009, researchers identified a herd of Awassi sheep suffering from "day blindness". As that term implies, these sheep were blind during the day (in bright light) but could see at night, in low-light conditions. After identifying the genetic basis of this blindness, researchers have now successfully used gene therapy to restore their daytime vision.